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by Gerald Seymour (Author), Laurence Kennedy (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 17 hours and 57 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks
  • Audible Release Date: 1 Jun 2010
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0040HHB0Q
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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Deadlier than the Mafia, the Camorra never forget, and never forgive.

She is an Italian accountancy student in London, and her boyfriend Eddie teaches at a language school. But the prime reason Immacolata Borelli came to Britain was to look after her gangster brother, wanted for multiple murders back home in Naples.

For the Borelli clan are major players in the Camorra, a crime network more close-knit and ruthless than the Sicilian Mafia.

Mario Castrolami is a senior Carabinieri investigator of the Camorra, his career dedicated to destroying the corruption and violence of the clans. When Immacolata calls from London to say she is prepared to collaborate with justice - to betray her own family - he knows she is setting in motion a terrifying and unpredictable series of events.

The Borellis will not lose their criminal empire without a vicious fight. They will use anything and anyone to prevent her from giving evidence against them. Even Eddie, and Eddie's life.

©2009 Gerald Seymour; (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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As a rule, I enjoy Gerald Seymour's novels. His research is impeccable, and the stories compelling. But this one is too long and too complicated. The basic story is very promising. The daughter of Italian gangsters collaborates with the police because her family have caused the death of her best friend, thus exposing herself to considerable danger, and meanwhile, her boyfriend is captured and held hostage. This is all exciting stuff. But Seymour spins the story out beyond what's necessary for the plot, and by the end, this reader, for one, had had enough. This is a shame, because it could have made for a riveting read. My other objection, as always with Seyomour, is his habit of using a personal pronoun instead of a name, leaving the reader to guess whom he's talking about until all is revealed a page of two later.

I was looking forward to reading this novel, but in the end, it was a disappointment.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The Collaborator 23 Feb 2010
By rsasdr
Format:Hardcover
Seymour is one of my favorite authors, but I was slow to read this book. His last couple books had disapointed, and this one sounded like a re-hash of his earlier book Killing Ground. But The Collaboroator turned out to be Seymour's best book in some years. The style is very much reminiscent of his earlier books from the 1970s and '80s and is more of a tightly plotted thriller than his more recent books like Timebomb or The Walking Dead, which were tedious, slow, strangely structured, and anti-climatic. The plotting and supsense here are tight. The characters, including Italian law enforcement officers, an American hostage negoitator, the Camorra members, and the young women who will give evidence against her criminal family, are the best of Seymour's more recent books and refreshing and much more convincing than the large number of generic MI6 people and Islamic terrorists who have populated the last few books. Only problem is that the book is way too long for such a fairly simple, small scale story with a small cast of characters. Cutitng the narrative down a bit would have made a much tighter, faster story, but The Collaborator is still Seymour's best book in years and hopefully his next book will follow this style. It's rare to find an intelligent, realistic, well-written, entertaining thriller these days, so thankfully Seymour, after a couple duds, is still doing it.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am really tired right now, because I have just finished this book after not being able to put it down. The
last hundred pages really are tense. I read a lot of thrillers and would disagree that the end is predictable. OK, you
know someone is likely not to make it out alive, but who.

I agree with the previous reviewer, that that this gets going a lot faster than some of the author's other books.

The author has covered this subject before i.e the Italian mafia, with 'Killing ground'. I found this more enjoyable.

There are a number of interesting characters. The kidnapped young man, being of the author's typical characters : very ordinary but having a stubborn resilience. Like 'Killing ground' there is a charismatic hero, who is an expert in hostage rescue. There is the usual weary but determined good policeman. There is a very bad hit man to hiss at. I should mention the main character, who turns state witness against her own Camorra family and sets off a chain of events. I have to admit finding the story more gripping when it concerned her kidnapped boyfriend.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
CORRUPTION. BETRAYAL. REVENGE.
CORRUPTION. BETRAYAL. REVENGE.

Gerald Seymour is definitely back on form after the disappointing THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER and THE WALKING DEAD. Read more
Published 23 days ago by A Chamberlin
Perfect if you want a clever thriller
I love Gerald Seymour, from Harry's Game to this. He consistently produces thrillers that focus on a fascinating topic (Belfast in the troubles, Bosnia during its wars, and here... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Neil Black
its ok
Having read some other gerald seymour books this is not his best work.I would on award 3 stars as it is a readable storyline and thats about all i can say on this book.
Published 3 months ago by oldginger ebbw vale
book review
An interesting story but it should have been rather less than 500 pages as ennui sets in before the halfway point. Thus I am skipping some pages
Published 7 months ago by Mr. F. Mayers
Seymour back to his best
SAFE READING - NO SPOILERS

Renowned for his well-researched books covering a wide-range of contrasting subjects, he tackles the Italian Mafia, a world known for its... Read more
Published 9 months ago by RR Waller
See Naples and.....
This is a big book and spends a lot of time on the characters and providing a detailed vision of the dark side of Naples. Read more
Published 14 months ago by N. Brett
Bloated
A good plot but at 500+ pages long, this book is stretched out way too long. Substantial repetition and dire prose were the outstanding features for me. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Clara
A painfully slow and dull read
Gerald Seymour has been writing long enough to have polished the art, you'd hope, but there's no evidence here. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mark R. N. Jones
Not the usual standard
Nice detail, steady plot but for me the climax of the story wasn't as gripping as Gerald Seymour's usual offerings. Read more
Published 21 months ago by DJT
dry and humourless - but occassionally compelling
I've never read a Gerald Seymour book before and it's unlikely i'll read one again. In essense this story should have been great - and perhaps written by the likes of Frederick... Read more
Published 22 months ago by eztigrrrr
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