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'You don’t just read a Steve Berry novel. You live it.' (James Rollins )
'A top-notch, gripping, intelligent thriller in the very finest traditions of the genre' (Peter James )
'Steve Berry always finds intriguing ways to link the past to the present in his fast-paced thrillers. The Paris Vendetta is his best yet.' (Harlan Coben )
'All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history – plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.' (Lee Child )
'Sexy, illuminating...my kind of thriller' (Dan Brown on THE AMBER ROOM )
'In Malone, Berry has created a classic, complex hero' (USA Today on THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT )
'Action-packed, fast paced and engaging' (Sunday Express on THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL )
'International intrigue, swashbuckling action, indestructible hero from the American South...Not to be missed.' (Kirkus Reviews, on THE ROMANOV PROPHECY )
'A top-notch, gripping, intelligent thriller in the very finest traditions of the genre' (Peter James )
'Steve Berry always finds intriguing ways to link the past to the present in his fast-paced thrillers. The Paris Vendetta is his best yet.' (Harlan Coben )
'All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history – plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.' (Lee Child )
'Sexy, illuminating...my kind of thriller' (Dan Brown on THE AMBER ROOM )
'In Malone, Berry has created a classic, complex hero' (USA Today on THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT )
'Pure intrigue. Pure fun.'
(Clive Cussler on Steve Berry )'Action-packed, fast paced and engaging' (Sunday Express on THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL )
'Complex and fast-moving thriller writing, delivered with a great deal of dash, and shades of The Da Vinci Code'
(Good Book Guide on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY )'International intrigue, swashbuckling action, indestructible hero from the American South...Not to be missed.' (Kirkus Reviews, on THE ROMANOV PROPHECY )
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'You don't just read a Steve Berry novel. You live it.' -- James Rollins 'A top-notch, gripping, intelligent thriller in the very finest traditions of the genre' -- Peter James 'Steve Berry always finds intriguing ways to link the past to the present in his fast-paced thrillers. The Paris Vendetta is his best yet.' -- Harlan Coben 'All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history -- plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.' -- Lee Child 'Sexy, illuminating...my kind of thriller' -- Dan Brown on THE AMBER ROOM 'In Malone, Berry has created a classic, complex hero' -- USA Today on THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT 'Pure intrigue. Pure fun.' -- Clive Cussler on Steve Berry 'Action-packed, fast paced and engaging' -- Sunday Express on THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL 20080504 'Complex and fast-moving thriller writing, delivered with a great deal of dash, and shades of The Da Vinci Code' -- Good Book Guide on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY 20080504 'International intrigue, swashbuckling action, indestructible hero from the American South...Not to be missed.' -- Kirkus Reviews, on THE ROMANOV PROPHECY 20080504
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was quite looking forward to this book and I was not disappointed. I got hooked with page one and could not let go. Mainly set in Paris around Christmas the No. 8 of the Cotton Malone mysteries - as in the previous seven novels - offers the reader a fast moving plot linking present and past. It is action packed and another thriller of first order. Political intrigues of the present find their link with the past and its mysteries. Fact and fiction merge into a gret a story.
This novel is sequence but stands as well alone and makes perfect sense.
The chapters are short and easy to read and one simply wants to know what happens next. The style is just fanastic and a pleasure to read.
No. 8 of the Cotton Malone mysteries is a changing point as familiar figures leave the scene and new emegeres. It will be interesting to see how these develop. Somthing to look forward to.
If you enjoy thrillers this is one you do not want to miss. Steven Berry has proven himself - once more - as a superb story teller.
This novel is sequence but stands as well alone and makes perfect sense.
The chapters are short and easy to read and one simply wants to know what happens next. The style is just fanastic and a pleasure to read.
No. 8 of the Cotton Malone mysteries is a changing point as familiar figures leave the scene and new emegeres. It will be interesting to see how these develop. Somthing to look forward to.
If you enjoy thrillers this is one you do not want to miss. Steven Berry has proven himself - once more - as a superb story teller.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Opening with Napoleon on Egypt's Giza Plateau in 1799 Steve Barry again takes us on an exciting, suspenseful, ever surprising journey with former justice department operative Cotton Malone. One of the many things that makes reading a Berry book so intriguing is his splendid mix of history and mystery.
As we know Napoleon was, among other things, an excellent thief. He had stolen vast treasures from repositories of wealth throughout the world. Question is what became of this booty after his death? Was it hidden somewhere, could it be found?
Malone's night is rudely interrupted by a break-in to his Copenhagen bookshop. An American Secret Service agent, Sam Collins, comes knocking with gun in hand and assassins in his wake. He's there to tell Cotton that his good friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen, needs him. Escaping the gunmen Cotton and Sam head for Henrik's estate.
Seems that Henrik is onto a plot devised by the Paris Club, a group of the world's wealthiest who are bent on manipulating global economy. Cotton and Henrik have been the best of friends and in many a tight spot, but this time it seems even Cotton may not be able to hold terrorists at bay, find Napoleon's lost treasure, and prevent an attack that could change the world forever.
To compound matters, as if they weren't compounded enough, Cotton discovers that Henrik's motives aren't entirely altruistic - he wants revenge for the death of his son who was murdered by the top dog in this cabal of multi-millionaires.
Once more, Berry's love of history and knack for crafting a suspenseful tale come to the fore with THE PARIS VENDETTA. It'S Berry at his best, and that's saying something.
If you prefer an audio edition, Scott Brick does his usual first rate job of bringing a story to life. He's an aces narrator! Available from Random House Audio Books.
Enjoy!
- Gail Cooke
As we know Napoleon was, among other things, an excellent thief. He had stolen vast treasures from repositories of wealth throughout the world. Question is what became of this booty after his death? Was it hidden somewhere, could it be found?
Malone's night is rudely interrupted by a break-in to his Copenhagen bookshop. An American Secret Service agent, Sam Collins, comes knocking with gun in hand and assassins in his wake. He's there to tell Cotton that his good friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen, needs him. Escaping the gunmen Cotton and Sam head for Henrik's estate.
Seems that Henrik is onto a plot devised by the Paris Club, a group of the world's wealthiest who are bent on manipulating global economy. Cotton and Henrik have been the best of friends and in many a tight spot, but this time it seems even Cotton may not be able to hold terrorists at bay, find Napoleon's lost treasure, and prevent an attack that could change the world forever.
To compound matters, as if they weren't compounded enough, Cotton discovers that Henrik's motives aren't entirely altruistic - he wants revenge for the death of his son who was murdered by the top dog in this cabal of multi-millionaires.
Once more, Berry's love of history and knack for crafting a suspenseful tale come to the fore with THE PARIS VENDETTA. It'S Berry at his best, and that's saying something.
If you prefer an audio edition, Scott Brick does his usual first rate job of bringing a story to life. He's an aces narrator! Available from Random House Audio Books.
Enjoy!
- Gail Cooke
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I haven't read any of Steve Barry's previous novels, nor do I plan to read any of his other books. As cute as it might be that he goes visiting Paris with the wife to research for his story, it falls short of any thriller I've read in the past.
In terms of the plot, I would categorise Mr. Barry with Ken Follett and James Patterson as writers of fun and fast-paced, but highly unlikely and not very credible plots and stories in which the protagonist has little depth. But I do occasionally accept such shortcomings.
I never figured why Robert Langdon had to drive past the Eiffel Tower to get from the Paris Ritz to the Louvre in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code", but the Paris Vendetta is littered with this type of nonsense: There is no "highway" going north out of Copenhagen (page 34, there is a coastway, though, but nothing that allows speeding), the Latin Quarter isn't officially known as the fifth arrondissement (page 107, there are multiple quartiers to any one Parisian arrondissement), place de la République isn't in the Marais (page 193, the square is about a mile further North), Christmas Eve is not a work holiday in France (page 213, but Christmas day is), there are no churches across from the Saint-Lazare train station (page 410, I'll allow for some literary freedom but why not pick two of the "literally hundreds of churches in Paris" we're told about on page 398?).
I'm surprised about the obsession with calling women "Madame" if they are French when conversation is in English. But calling a Dane "Herre Thorvaldsen" is simply incorrect (first, Danes are informal and on first-name basis, second, "Herre" is comparable to "milord" making it both arcane and grammatically wrong). If it had only occurred once or twice, then so be it, but all the way through the book it simply becomes a bore. And how exactly DO you say "single-malt whiskey" in French? (page 190)?
Oh, and then this quote: "Unfortunately for him Nazis didn't bargain, or at least never in good faith." (page 71) What kind of a statement is that?
Finally, how credible is it that an individual climb from a helicopter onto the roof of a flying air-plane (page 324)? After that, I guess it's only a small feat to actually open the door, climb onto it and take over the controls.
I don't want to be a spoil-sport but all of this just leads me to put the book down, be happy that I'm through with it and look for my entertainment elsewhere.
In terms of the plot, I would categorise Mr. Barry with Ken Follett and James Patterson as writers of fun and fast-paced, but highly unlikely and not very credible plots and stories in which the protagonist has little depth. But I do occasionally accept such shortcomings.
I never figured why Robert Langdon had to drive past the Eiffel Tower to get from the Paris Ritz to the Louvre in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code", but the Paris Vendetta is littered with this type of nonsense: There is no "highway" going north out of Copenhagen (page 34, there is a coastway, though, but nothing that allows speeding), the Latin Quarter isn't officially known as the fifth arrondissement (page 107, there are multiple quartiers to any one Parisian arrondissement), place de la République isn't in the Marais (page 193, the square is about a mile further North), Christmas Eve is not a work holiday in France (page 213, but Christmas day is), there are no churches across from the Saint-Lazare train station (page 410, I'll allow for some literary freedom but why not pick two of the "literally hundreds of churches in Paris" we're told about on page 398?).
I'm surprised about the obsession with calling women "Madame" if they are French when conversation is in English. But calling a Dane "Herre Thorvaldsen" is simply incorrect (first, Danes are informal and on first-name basis, second, "Herre" is comparable to "milord" making it both arcane and grammatically wrong). If it had only occurred once or twice, then so be it, but all the way through the book it simply becomes a bore. And how exactly DO you say "single-malt whiskey" in French? (page 190)?
Oh, and then this quote: "Unfortunately for him Nazis didn't bargain, or at least never in good faith." (page 71) What kind of a statement is that?
Finally, how credible is it that an individual climb from a helicopter onto the roof of a flying air-plane (page 324)? After that, I guess it's only a small feat to actually open the door, climb onto it and take over the controls.
I don't want to be a spoil-sport but all of this just leads me to put the book down, be happy that I'm through with it and look for my entertainment elsewhere.
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not on kindle
how irritating that this isn't on kindle when those in series before and after are - kindle is really irritating when it comes to series
Published 6 months ago by momyra
Back on form
I'm glad to say that in this novel Steve Berry, one of my favourite authors, is back on form after the previous disappointing instalment in the Cotton Malone series. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Matthew Turner
Another great read from Steve Berry
Another great read from Steve Berry. If you want a plot synopsis - lots of the other reviews will give you this. If you are new to Steve Berry DO NOT start with this book. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. R. A. Williams
Kindle version stupidly expensive
There is something going horribly wrong when the electronic version is more than twice the price of an un green paperback
Published 15 months ago by t hitch
Not quite...
I have enjoyed the previous Malone novels from Steve Berry. They are up there with the best of the Da Vinci clone genre. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Simon Tavener
Great Holiday Read
If you love a good mystery with an intelligent mind behind it then this is the one for you; super for the holiday `sun lounger'. Read more
Published 20 months ago by etak110
Excellent again as usual!
Another great story in the Cotton Malone series. Have read and enjoyed them all. Twist at the end not expected. Look forward to the next in the series.
Published on 11 May 2010 by Woo
Cotton Candy
I have really enjoyed the previous Cotton Malone adventures from Berry, but this one did not live up-to his high standard. Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2009 by Clive
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