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'It pins faces and places down with auto-focus precision. And boy does it ratchet up the tension ... Now all I have to do is figure out how to get through the twelve month wait for Back from the Dead.' --Daily Express
'Darker thematically, more painful and considered ... There are thrills here but also a desperate pathos. If you haven't read Leonard before - and you must - this is a great place to start.' --Guardian
'A spectacular and deeply felt novel ... a moving portrait of loss and identity.' --Catholic Herald
'Leonard gets better and better.' ****
--UNCUT
'Darker thematically, more painful and considered ... There are thrills here but also a desperate pathos. If you haven't read Leonard before - and you must - this is a great place to start.' --Guardian
'A spectacular and deeply felt novel ... a moving portrait of loss and identity.' --Catholic Herald
'Leonard gets better and better.' ****
--UNCUT
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"If you haven't read Leonard before - and you must - this is a great place to start."
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"Tautly plotted and gripping on every page.... What a story - fine, fine writing Peter Leonard!"
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"A story that won't let you go from a writer that has truly found his stride."
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"A riveting, wild ride of a story, with enough twists and turns to keep you glued to the edge of your seat."
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"Completely blew me away."
- Melodiesintune
"I read this book in a day and a half because I just couldn't put it down. From page one, it's nothing but action that leaves you dying to know what happens next."
- The Top Shelf
"The story keeps you on the edge of your seat and the pages rapidly turning."
- Dollycas's Thoughts
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- The Guardian
"Tautly plotted and gripping on every page.... What a story - fine, fine writing Peter Leonard!"
- Crystal Book Reviews
"A story that won't let you go from a writer that has truly found his stride."
- The View from the Phlipside
"A riveting, wild ride of a story, with enough twists and turns to keep you glued to the edge of your seat."
- Simple Pleasures Books
"A great read.... Highly recommended!"
- CMash Loves to Read
"Completely blew me away."
- Melodiesintune
"I read this book in a day and a half because I just couldn't put it down. From page one, it's nothing but action that leaves you dying to know what happens next."
- The Top Shelf
"The story keeps you on the edge of your seat and the pages rapidly turning."
- Dollycas's Thoughts
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This started out in quite a promising way with a reasonable plot and attention to detail and description. However, roughly 1/2 of the way through it seemed to become rather tedious, repetitive and generally wearisome all of a sudden and I had to re-read it a couple of times just to make sure I hadn't gone back a few pages in error.
It seemed as if the author got a little bored or distracted by something much more interesting and just wanted to get the book finished and churned out. The low point (apart from the ending) was (SORRY FOR THE SPOILER THAT FOLLOWS)**********************************
.......where an employee was shot whilst sleeping on a couch in a case of mistaken identity as he really wanted to be just like the main character (enough to have the same hairstyle, build, clothing, DNA, star sign, blood type, personality, whatever). I think I either groaned or laughed out loud at that point and I think it was then when I realised I was just past caring.
Read it only if you really, really have to otherwise you should go and do something much more worthwhile instead. It could have been a very promising story but it just wasn't. It's as simple as that. Sorry.
It seemed as if the author got a little bored or distracted by something much more interesting and just wanted to get the book finished and churned out. The low point (apart from the ending) was (SORRY FOR THE SPOILER THAT FOLLOWS)**********************************
.......where an employee was shot whilst sleeping on a couch in a case of mistaken identity as he really wanted to be just like the main character (enough to have the same hairstyle, build, clothing, DNA, star sign, blood type, personality, whatever). I think I either groaned or laughed out loud at that point and I think it was then when I realised I was just past caring.
Read it only if you really, really have to otherwise you should go and do something much more worthwhile instead. It could have been a very promising story but it just wasn't. It's as simple as that. Sorry.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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When Detroit scrap dealer,Harry Levin's, daughter is killed in a road accident he finds himself back in Germany on the track of the driver who killed her.
This fast paced,dialogue driven, novel is heavily in debt to books and films such as The Odessa File, The Boys From Brazil, Marathon Man and even in the German heroine's constant use of Harry's name, The Third Man.Set in 1971,Harry Levin, a German Jewish refugee and survivor of Dachau concentration camp, returns to his homeland to track down the Nazi who has killed his daughter in a traffic accident.Whilst in Munich he befriends Cordell Sims a black drug dealer recently dishonourably discharged from the US army and Colette Rizik a journalist who falls for him and together they attempt to unmask a neo-nazi conspiracy that leads Levin to Florida.
I really enjoyed Leonard's last book, Trust Me, finding it funny,fast paced and very clever, but although I enjoyed this,too I do have reservations.Leonard's forte is tough, often funny, dialogue but this reads too much like the novelisation of a film and Sims character contributes so little that I couldn't help feeling he's simply there to provide some jive talk to what otherwise is some fairly staid dialogue.The villain,Hess,at one point adopts a southern US accent, which we're told is flawless, and yet his lines are written as if he is speaking stilted english with a German accent.Strange.
Overall,it's a quick and entertaining read, but I sometimes found myself thinking that I would rather watch the film than read the book and although this is the first half of a two part series I wouldn't go out of my way to read the second novel.
This fast paced,dialogue driven, novel is heavily in debt to books and films such as The Odessa File, The Boys From Brazil, Marathon Man and even in the German heroine's constant use of Harry's name, The Third Man.Set in 1971,Harry Levin, a German Jewish refugee and survivor of Dachau concentration camp, returns to his homeland to track down the Nazi who has killed his daughter in a traffic accident.Whilst in Munich he befriends Cordell Sims a black drug dealer recently dishonourably discharged from the US army and Colette Rizik a journalist who falls for him and together they attempt to unmask a neo-nazi conspiracy that leads Levin to Florida.
I really enjoyed Leonard's last book, Trust Me, finding it funny,fast paced and very clever, but although I enjoyed this,too I do have reservations.Leonard's forte is tough, often funny, dialogue but this reads too much like the novelisation of a film and Sims character contributes so little that I couldn't help feeling he's simply there to provide some jive talk to what otherwise is some fairly staid dialogue.The villain,Hess,at one point adopts a southern US accent, which we're told is flawless, and yet his lines are written as if he is speaking stilted english with a German accent.Strange.
Overall,it's a quick and entertaining read, but I sometimes found myself thinking that I would rather watch the film than read the book and although this is the first half of a two part series I wouldn't go out of my way to read the second novel.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Not usually into crime thrillers as a read, but loved this. i work nights, and I read this in two nights. great characters, racing plot, highly recommend
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B grade 'Boys from Brazil'
Despite the darkness of the initial event and the holocaust this was basically a fairly lightweight thriller.
I did quite enjoy it. Read more
I did quite enjoy it. Read more
Published 17 days ago by The Emperor
Pronouns? Prepositions? Now you see them, Now don't!
What a strange affectation Peter Leonard has. For some reason thinks that leaving pronouns and prepositions makes for gritty read. Actually makes annoying one. Read more
Published 29 days ago by John Woodcock
More please!
Loved every word of this.
I took this away with me on a long weekend trip. Demolished the book in two nights and now I want more. Read more
I took this away with me on a long weekend trip. Demolished the book in two nights and now I want more. Read more
Published 1 month ago by RJW
Flawed but enjoyable
Let's start with the major flaws - the central plot device, the car accident, is such a remote coincidence that it some may give up on this at an early stage. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Andy Edwards
A fateful car crash
The book starts out with two parallel stories about Harry Levin - a Jewish Holocaust survivor originally from Munich who now lives in Detroit. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Maria2222
A good read
Harry Levin, a survivor of Dachau, is a scrap metal dealer in Detroit. A widower with a much loved daughter Sarah, he is shattered when she is killed by a drunken German in a car... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. C. A. Troops
Holocaust survivor crime story
Harry Levin escaped a Nazi massacre during the second world war and is now (for some reason) a scrap dealer in Detroit. Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. R. N. Shackelford
A little hard at times but good enough
How far would you go if someone killed your daughter and no-one would do anything about it? Would you sit alone in your grief and get on with it or track your daughter's killer to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jackiesmackie
Enjoyable, Fast-Paced Thriller
It seems like I'm in the minority here then, but I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
As others have pointed out, the book is fairly short with short chapters and with an... Read more
As others have pointed out, the book is fairly short with short chapters and with an... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Coincidence Vs Fate
Voices of the Dead
Harry Levin sells scrap metal in Detroit. He is doing well and has a lovely daughter studying in Washington when disaster strikes - a drunk foreign diplomat rams his car into... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S Riaz
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