Rated of 5
by D. McDonald Anachronisms spoiled it for me
Good suspense, well developed characters and an excellent grip on the manners and mores of the time (WW2 to late 1950s). Unfortunately he refers to a particular car that wasn't marketed until 20 years later and there were a couple of instances of conversational idiom that belong to a much later time period. (I was there, that was my time)
Rated of 5
by Jule Rabino Pow pow pow
Pounding, pulsating. The story is tight, and the readers are left breathless from its grip.
Rated of 5
by Matrin Kolb, 17
Excellent Book!! I can't stop reading it. I'm reading it for the third time now.
Rated of 5
by ted alzate
Wow! Follett is the best next to none! Great plot, superb thrill to the finish.
Rated of 5
by Kiley Bedwell
Awesome book! Could never put it down...
Rated of 5
by Cole Woods
BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
Z, the novel about the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is at points charming and; like another reviewer, I kept thinking of the movie, "Midnight...
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Although heavy on the scientific details, which slowed down the story for me (OK, I admit, I was one of those liberal arts majors who skipped out on...
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Loved this book. Magical, quirky, enchanting I could go on. All books do not have to be literary fiction, sometimes it is just so comforting to read...
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British Parliament asks Amazon to clarify why it pays $9 million in income tax on $23 billion of UK sales.(May 20 2013) Amazon will be called back to give further evidence to members of the British Parliament "to clarify how its activities in the U.K. justify its low corporate...
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