The Quest for Anna Klein

If you keep hunting through the stacks you may eventually strike a gold vein, and that is what I am calling my discovery of this author Thomas H. Cook. I have not read any of his work previously but intend to read more now that I have completed this book. This is so different from the usual espionage......more

I really liked this book. It had it's slow moments and ones where the author shouldn't have used his conversation change technique, but it left me changed and I admire books that do that. This book is more than a spy novel, it's a novel about love and the decisions one makes and the consequences and......more

I stumbled upon this by accident on the best seller shelves at the library. It sat at the bottom of my to-read stack, a book and author of which I had no previous knowledge. It turns out to be one of my favorite summer reads so far. Set in two main time periods, 1939 and 2001, each year is important......more

This story is told by a man in his nineties remembering the days when he was in his twenties and recruited to help in what was becoming the struggle against Germany in the days leading up to WWII. Thomas Danforth lived a pampered life. On a wintry night, his friend persuades him to provide a place an......more

An extremely convoluted tale that takes quite a while to develop. If you are used to action thrillers, this will not be your cup of tea. At times the narrative is maddeningly slow, reflecting the rambling nature of the ninety-one year old protagonist. However, the plot is well constructed, if not ve......more