- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (5 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099410656
- ISBN-13: 978-0099410652
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 674,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Donald James is a top class writer with a vibrantly original style." -- "Sunday Express"
Praise for "Vadim":
"Outstanding...James brilliantly and triumphantly pulls off an improbably fusion of whodunit...and Primary Colors-style political thriller." -- "Sunday Times"
Praise for "Monstrum":
"The thriller of the year. Monstrum combines the best of Fatherland and Gorky Park with a dash of Silence of the Lambs." -- "The Times"
Praise for "Vadim":
"Outstanding...James brilliantly and triumphantly pulls off an improbably fusion of whodunit...and Primary Colors-style political thriller." -- "Sunday Times"
Praise for "Monstrum":
"The thriller of the year. Monstrum combines the best of Fatherland and Gorky Park with a dash of Silence of the Lambs." -- "The Times"
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His past was a lie - his present a mystery. There is a drowned village in the South of France called St. Juste, a village where secrets were buried in the Second World War; a village swiftly coming back into the light of day as a summer drought empties the reservoir that hides it. Tom Chapel comes to St. Juste to discover why a local man, Marcel Coultard, has left his 28 million dollar fortune to his daughter Romilly, and why shortly after his bequest, Romilly was abducted and attacked, and left in a life threatening coma. The local police are not forthcoming: there is a code of silence about Romilly and about another dead girl, a silence which suggest a deeper and abiding mystery that Tom must uncover. His search takes him back to when this part of France was ruled by the Vichy government, at odds with the Resistance fighters who tried to smuggle Jews away to safety: Tom included. Yet, not all the women made it: some were betrayed: but by who? Who amongst the French people he meets could be harbouring a cold blooded killer who forty years later is prepared to kill and kill again to preserve his secret?
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a Donald James fan, having read the Monstrum series and thereafter having traced his earlier books in local libraries. This novel is right up there with his best. Tom is an 'anti hero', similar to Vadim, a man with many inadequacies and a chequered romantic history. He throws himself into the ever changing plot seeking the identity of the man who assaulted his daughter and an answer to the questions which surround his very existence.
His relationships with the other main charcters, particularly with his sister, are complex but compelling. The book builds to a terrific climax in the waters of a flooded village where many secrets are hidden.
All in all, another fantastic novel, don't miss it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved the earlier books written by Donald James and decided to take a chance on this book although there was only 1 review on Amazon and I am extremely pleased that I did - the book was terrific - brilliant! and I thoroughly recommend it. I willnot repeat what the other reviewer has written but I agree with every word of it.
I will add that I have just completed the 3 woderful books by Steig Larsson and felt that this book could easily have been written by him although the book is set mostly in the south of France it had the same feel and very high quauity of the Larsson books - this is meant as a compliment to both authors equally. Go out and buy it - you willnot be disappoined.
I will add that I have just completed the 3 woderful books by Steig Larsson and felt that this book could easily have been written by him although the book is set mostly in the south of France it had the same feel and very high quauity of the Larsson books - this is meant as a compliment to both authors equally. Go out and buy it - you willnot be disappoined.
Format:Paperback
I read this book by chance,having picked it up in a charity shop.Thought it looked good.Loved it and am now looking for more of his books.A "who dunnit" but with a lot more besides.Wish his books were available on Kindle.If you like Terence Strong,Nelson De Mille etc.,you will probably like this.
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