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The Red Rooster [Kindle Edition]

Michael Wallace
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Of all the desperate women in German-occupied Paris, Gabriela Reyes is the least likely to scratch out her survival as a whore for a Gestapo agent. After fascists murdered her mother and brother and tortured her father in an insane asylum, she hates the Germans as much as she fears them. But when she discovers the man responsible for destroying her family, she decides to become his mistress to try to free her father and avenge her family.

Helmut von Cratz is a war profiteer using his wealth to undermine the Third Reich and is one meeting with an American agent away from ending the German occupation of France.

But Gabriela's sudden appearance as Colonel Hoekman's mistress jeopardizes Helmut's careful plans. Now he must decide: will he abandon his plans, or will he sacrifice yet another woman to the German war machine. The Red Rooster is a complete novel of about 380 book pages.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 440 KB
  • Print Length: 282 pages
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004U2USMY
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #76,535 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Great read. 11 Oct 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the third book of Michael's I've read and reviewed.

The Red Rooster is a great thriller, set in wartime France.

Great characterisation of one girl's struggle to survive in France, forced to 'sleep with the enemy' to ensure she has food in her belly.

A tragic tale of what people in France had to endure at the hands of the Nazis.

Great writing and storytelling as usual, Michael.
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I downloaded this sometime ago because of the period involved but have only just got round to reading it. It has an interesting basic plot but the story does require reader to suspend their credulity in places to carry on reading, unfortunately the author wasn't quite skilled enough to carry that off for me. However for a free kindle library down on a rainy afternoon it's a fairly reasonable read, though the final part of the book seems somewhat hurried and telescoped.
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Vichy France page-turner 28 Mar 2011
By Dan in TX - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
Michael Wallace has done it again! The Red Rooster is a gripping historical fiction about a young woman from Spain, a refugee in Nazi-occupied Paris, simply struggling to stay alive until she unwittingly finds herself entangled in a daring French resistance plot that reaches to the upper levels of the German SS and beyond.

This book kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. It was one of those books I could hardly put down once I had begun. The characters are well-developed, the plot believable, and the historical research meticulous. Wallace's writing paints a vivid picture of life in occupied France, but it is the action in the book that really keeps you turning the pages. This may be his best book to date.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
WWII action, suspense, and love story. 5 May 2011
By Erma - Published on Amazon.com
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The characters in this book were so believable. The action was so well described that I could picture it as if I was watching a movie. I must say that I think this would make a terrific movie. The only disappointment was that the story ended. I have always enjoyed reading about the WWII era, whether fiction or nonfiction. There was plenty of action, suspense, and a love story, though not a romance novel. Michael Wallace describes people and places as if he was actually there at the time. Michael Wallace is a gifted story teller. I look forward to reading more of his works.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Engrossing Historical Mystery 1 July 2011
By K. Coleman - Published on Amazon.com
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This is the second Wallace novel that I've read. I have enjoyed both of them and will purchase more of his titles in the future. I currently have a third title on my Kindle and am looking forward to it as well. I found the characters to be very human, as in prone to mistakes and not so perfect or beautiful that I can't believe in them or sympathize with them. The backdrop of the Red Rooster provides a setting for the characters to either fight to exist or meekly take what is handed to them and dwindle away. For the heroin, the lines between right and wrong become hazy as she struggles to provide even the most basic necessities for herself. The mystery element is engrossing, but the added history of a darker time in our world's past adds to its poignancy. Good job, Mr. Wallace.
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