Customer Reviews
Steady Start! - By: SJ ALLEN, 18 Nov 2008 
Really good book, started off a little slowly for me but once it got going it was up to the usual standards you expect from Sam Bourne - highly recommended!
Gripping read based on a truer than life story - By: Dr. Joanne Cronin, 22 Oct 2008 
A elderly man is shot deadin front of the UNin New York. A disillusioned ex-UN lawyer is asked to visit the relatives of the deceased & stumbles upon a secret reaching all the way from the Holocaust & some of the darkest times known. Excepting the relationship between the lead male & female characters, the book fairly rattles along & is an easy, gripping read. Other characters comein & out of the novel & are dropped before the climax leaving you with a sense of shadows & unfleshed characters.
The great positive about this novel is that it left me with a desire to find out more about the historical events & people upon which the novel is based. Sam Bourne isn't writing anything incredibly new or original, but for the most part, he is writing it well.
A dark exploration of a tough subject matter - By: Debra Claire, 21 Oct 2008 
I found this book hugely compelling & it prompted me to buy the rest of Sam Bourne's books.
What impressed me the most was the subject matter that was explored. I found it fascinating & could not put it down - always learning something new & delving deeper & deeper into areas few people have the confidence & sheer nerve to write about. A fascinating read.
Ok, not gripping - By: britsurfer1, 22 Sep 2008 It takes me a while to get involvedin books but this one I stuck with. Although the idea behind it was good there is no real story, & eventually the writer goes off at a tangent & is not talking about the present story line, but another one set 50 yearsin the past.
He also spends far too much time describing the 'passion' between the two lead characters which seemed to come from no where but still be a dominant part of the story for some reason.
I think the writer was too involvedin this story, & as such kept leading off at tangents which ultimately made me lose interest.
A rather plodding 'thriller'. - By: Josephine Huys, 10 Sep 2008 
This was my first reading of 'Sam Bourne' & I don't think I will read another one. It was good enough to carry on reading till the end of course, but I found that the mixing of real second world war history within a 'thriller' plot was really artificial & the inserpt of flashbacks here & there felt easy to get the book going. The relationship between Tom the lawyer & Rebecca is simply to silly for words, crashing straight into obvious devices. Their common search of the 'truth' feels artificial again with awkward moves & the resolution I found utterly unconvincing, especially when you learn a certain something about Rebecca. Why take us on this long lasting inquest when you learn that rather crucial bit at the end ?
A real history book on the 'Avengers' themselves would certainly be more gripping !
