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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780446602457
ISBN number: 0446602450
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 656
Printing Date: October 01, 1995
Publishing house: Grand Central Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 33627
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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The Cold War is over, and Keith Landry, one of the nation's top intelligence officers, is forced into early and unwanted retirement. Restless, Landry returns to Spencerville, the small Midwestern town where he grew up. The place has changed in the quarter century since Landry stepped off his front porch into the world, but two important people from his past are still there. The very first is Annie Prentis, his school sweetheart and college lover. The second is Cliff Baxter, the high school bully, Landry's rival, and now the police chief of Spencerville and the jealous and possessive husband of Annie Prentis. They're all about to come together again and rip Spencerville apart with violence, vengeance, and renewed passion.
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This novel suffers from mis-categorization. If you begin reading it expecting a thriller in the same vein as Plum Island, Cathedral, or Wild Fire, you will be disappointed, as many of the other reviews here admit. However, if you are looking for a more of a straight fiction, character-driven novel, with lots of backstory, and some bits of action thrown in, then you've come to the right place. DeMille is an excellent writer and has a way of drawing you in no matter what he is writing. I think even his grocery list must be an interesting read.
I did mark him down one star on this book though because I felt he drew out some of the events a little too much here and there. For example, the sub plot about the Washington DC recruiting efforts to get the main character back into his old job seemed drawn out and unnecessary. When the action does come at the end it also seems to take way too long and it sort of loses its impact as a result. But having said that, I very much enjoyed the read and would recommend it, as long as you're expecting more of a straight fiction book as opposed to the thrillers we are used to from DeMille.
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I've read several Nelson DeMille books and this does not live up to his writing and plot creating ability. Very amateurish and more along the lines of a soap opera/modern romance novel. Forget it!
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DeMille's odyssey into the heartland of America does not come across as a taut thriller the way "The Lion's Game" did. Instead, it's as if a Lifetime Movie of the Week were created in book form. The cat-and-mouse games between the protagonist and the villain make for somewhat tense reading at times, but I'll be at the library looking for something that DeMille wrote with Detective John Corey in it; those books are far superior to this one.
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My son lives in Italy and wanted this. Thanks for the speedy delivery of it so I could send it to him.
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This book started off quick, and held my interest the entire time. The characters weren't as developed as in his other books, but the plot made up for it. I've recommended it to everyone.
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