The Letter Writer, Dan Fesperman
The Letter Writer, Dan Fesperman
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The Letter Writer

Author: Dan Fesperman

Narrator: David Bendena

Unabridged: 12 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/31/2016


Synopsis

Who exactly is Danziger? He’s a writer of letters for illiterate immigrants on Manhattan’s Lower East Side—“a steadfast practitioner of concealing and forgetting” for his clients, and perhaps for himself: he hints at a much more worldly past. What and whoever he really is or has been, he has a seemingly boundless knowledge of the city and its denizens. And he knows much more than the mere identity of the floating corpse. For one thing, he knows how the dead man was involved in New York City’s “Little Deutschland,” where swastikas were proudly displayed just months before. And he also seems to know how the investigation will put Cain—and perhaps his daughter and the woman he’s fallen for—in harm’s way.

About Dan Fesperman

Dan Fesperman is a journalist and novelist whose travels have taken him to thirty countries and three war zones. His book Lie in the Dark won the Crime Writers' Association of Britain's John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award, The Small Boat of Great Sorrows won the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for best thriller, and The Prisoner of Guantanamo won the Dashiell Hammett Award from the International Association of Crime Writers. He lives in Baltimore.

About David Bendena

David Bendena is an actor and a musician based in the Midwest. His theatre experience over the past twenty years has taken him to stages throughout Chicago, Kansas City, and Michigan. He is very proud to be a member of the Actors Equity Association and to be a Resident Artist with the Purple Rose Theatre Company.


Reviews

An enjoyable 3.5 star book. "The Letter Writer" in this multi-level police drama of murder, corruption and espionage. The book is based on true events in NYC during World War II. Many familiar names are interwoven like politicians, corrupt cops, and Nazi sympathizers. I am not a fan of multiple char......more

Goodreads review by Sm

For a story that is, in many aspects true, the writing made it seem false. Also the plotting was unfocused. Was the story about Danziger's past, was it about Cain's family situation, was its about mobster politics, was it about war time espionage and counter intelligence? A well crafted book might h......more

Goodreads review by Paula

5/10.Barely......more