The Bookworm: A Novel - Hardcover

Silver, Mitch

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1681776413 ISBN 13: 9781681776415

Verlag: Pegasus Books, 2018

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The historical frame, including an alternate view of why Germany turned its wartime focus from England to the USSR, proves fascinating; the pace is agreeably fast; and the intelligent, capable Klimt makes an engaging lead character.

High-speed chases, explosions, gunfights, murders and questionable romantic encounters add to the book's action. An intriguing 'what if' adventure about Hitler and WWII.

It is a masterpiece of speculative revisionism and in this aspect a captivating read, a romp.

Hold on to your seats, readers, because this is a thrill ride of a story, made even more exciting because it's all so current and feels very real. I really liked the character of Dr. Larissa Klimt...she's as complex as the story she is telling. It will definitely satisfy the appetite of the conspiracy theorists out there, and it's a good mystery too.

The Bookworm by Mitch Silver is a gripping thriller....

This was a well-written story. Silver has quite the imagination, which made the book interesting and fun to read. Silver's storytelling skills are strong...the character development is solid and the building of the suspenseful atmosphere is great.

This novel has ties to certain political figures that we currently have in office...It also has ties to the Russian and American relationship that is currently unfolding. Silver does an excellent job with keeping mysteries and intrigue going throughout the novel and interweaving interesting bits so that the reader is continuously engaged. I was captivated the entire time...

Silver's novel flows smoothly...A very well done novel indeed.

I devoured it. It combines elements of a political thriller and a historical novel. A thrill-filled surprise, which keeps you in awe of developments.

A fascinating read for both conspiracy theorists and thriller fans.

Reseña del editor:

Why did Hitler chose not to invade England when he had the chance?Europe, 1940: It’s late summer and Belgium has been overrun by the German army. Posing as a friar, a British operative talks his way into the monastery at Villers-devant-Orval just before Nazi art thieves plan to sweep through the area and whisk everything of value back to Berlin. But the ersatz man of the cloth is no thief. Instead, that night he adds an old leather Bible to the monastery’s library and then escapes.London, 2017: A construction worker operating a backhoe makes a grisly discovery—a skeletal arm-bone with a rusty handcuff attached to the wrist. Was this the site, as a BBC newsreader speculates, of “a long-forgotten prison, uncharted on any map?” One viewer knows better: it’s all that remains of a courier who died in a V-2 rocket attack. The woman who will put these two disparate events together—and understand the looming tragedy she must hurry to prevent—is Russian historian and former Soviet chess champion Larissa Mendelovg Klimt, “Lara the Bookworm,” to her friends. She’s also experiencing some woeful marital troubles.In the course of this riveting thriller, Lara will learn the significance of six musty Dictaphone cylinders recorded after D-Day by Noel Coward—actor, playwright and, secretly, a British agent reporting directly to Winston Churchill. She will understand precisely why that leather Bible, scooped up by the Nazis and deposited on the desk of Adolf Hitler days before he planned to attack Britain, played such a pivotal role in turning his guns to the East. And she will discover the new secret pact negotiated by the nefarious Russian president and his newly elected American counterpart—maverick and dealmaker—and the evil it portends.Oh, and she’ll reconcile with her husband.

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• Verlag: Pegasus Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1681776413
• ISBN 13: 9781681776415
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352