Blood Makes Noise, Gregory Widen
Blood Makes Noise, Gregory Widen
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Blood Makes Noise

Author: Gregory Widen

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/30/2013

Synopsis

On a summer's night in 1955, CIA officer Michael Suslov is summoned to a secret vault in the heart of Buenos Aires. His mission: transport the corpse of Eva Peron to a safe hiding place in the wake of her husband’s fall from power. But before Michael can comply, everything goes tragically, horribly wrong…Fifteen years later, Suslov is a ghost of man living off the radar—and the only soul alive that knows where Eva Peron is buried. When a shadow from his past appears and asks him for help in bringing the body home, as part of a peace deal to end the civil war tearing Argentina apart, Michael agrees, hoping this last mission will quiet the demons from his former life. But Michael Suslov isn't the only one on a recovery mission, others are desperate to unearth Eva Peron first—and lay claim to the shattering secret she took to the grave…Based on a little-known yet fascinating true story, Blood Makes Noise is both a riveting thriller and an examination of the power of the dead over the lives of the living.

About Gregory Widen

A native of Laguna Beach, California, Gregory Widen is a former firefighter, NPR station host, and mountain-rescue team member. While a film student at UCLA, he penned the script for what would become the movie Highlander, starring Sean Connery. Among his other screenplays are Backdraft and The Prophecy, and his television writing includes scripts for Tales from the Crypt and Rescue 77. A committed traveler, his explorations have taken him to war-torn Somalia, Uzbekistan, Namibia, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the arctic island of Svalbard, Indonesia, and Argentina. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is at work on a film for Universal Pictures.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bev on April 30, 2013

Whatever I might have been, whatever I might become, here, today, I am a man who keeps his promises. ~Michael Suslov (p.435) Michael Suslov is a CIA agent in Argentina. A man with slim ties to the former First Lady of Argentina, Eva Peron; he nonetheless has promises to keep and, as the saying goes,......more

Goodreads review by Eero on April 20, 2014

This novel is built around the mostly true story of what happened to Eva Perón's embalmed corpse, and the tension between FBI and CIA in South American intelligence operations in the 1950s. It is a rather fascinating read. Many of the characters turn out to be people who actually existed, and the mo......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on June 09, 2013

She went by the name of Eva Peron. However the people of Argentina would always know her as Evita Peron. She is an icon for the people. So much so that her husband paid lots of money to keep her grave guarded. Some people had other plans. Evita’s body is moved and former CIA agent Michael Suslov was......more

Goodreads review by Anne B. Waters on January 07, 2014

Interesting book I like historical fiction. I have seen Evita's grave in BA and now, at some level I know her story. Parts of this book are fantastical but those are probably the most true. I recommend this book if you're interested the history of Argentina, the CIA, of Evita, or of the passions that......more

Quotes

“A gripping book, one that reminded me of James Ellroy’s style. It’s gritty and vivid and steeped in a history we don’t get to read in school. If you are fascinated by alternative history in fiction it’s worth a read.” —Glass House Reviews

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