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This was a fascinating and intriguing historical thriller that kept me turning the pages. It is part pshychological and part suspense and very descriptive and detailed. It is superbly written.
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Garden of Beasts : A Novel of Berlin 1936
Garden of Beasts A Novel of Berlin 1936
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In the most ingenious and provocative thriller yet from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a conscience-plagued mobster turned government hitman struggles to find his moral compass amid rampant treachery and betrayal in 1936 Berlin. — Paul Schumann, a German American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hitma... more »
Author:
In the most ingenious and provocative thriller yet from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a conscience-plagued mobster turned government hitman struggles to find his moral compass amid rampant treachery and betrayal in 1936 Berlin. — Paul Schumann, a German American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hitma... more »
ISBN-13: 9780743222013
ISBN-10: 0743222016
Publication Date: 7/2004
Pages: 416
Rating: 50
ISBN-10: 0743222016
Publication Date: 7/2004
Pages: 416
Rating: 50
3.7 stars, based on 50 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
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This is another nonstop read by Jeffery Deaver. He placed the setting in 1936 during the Olympic Games. Then he tells the story of a hit man hired by highly placed leaders in the US to kill a high level member of Hitler's cabinet. The twists and turns never stop. Just when you think the killer is corner, he finds a way out just to get caught again.
This is one of the books you are still reading in the middle of the night.
This is one of the books you are still reading in the middle of the night.
This is a great book. If war is you'r cup of tea you will enjoy this book.
Barbara M. (LadyExplicate) reviewed Garden of Beasts : A Novel of Berlin 1936 on + 111 more book reviews
A thriller set in 1936, the books focuses on a German American hitman living in New York. THings get really complicated when the government nails him and convinces him to work as a spy for them in Germany. Great read!
Having served in the Military, for two years, twenty years after the time that this book portrays, I read all books that pertain to that city. I was disappointed with this book. It was very wordy and tried to portray Berlin and the Tiergarten, where Hitler is supposed to have committed suicide. However, it was done piecemeal and didn't ring true to me. It came across to me more like made up fiction than rather than an attempt at being a historical novel.
German-American hitman Paul Schuman is on a Government mission that, if successfull, will spare him from the electric chairand could avert war in Europe.
A very well written and exciting spy-asssain tale. I was doubtful that I would enjoy this book and it turned out to be one of the best I have read. It reminded me of a Nelson Demille story.
A very well written and exciting spy-asssain tale. I was doubtful that I would enjoy this book and it turned out to be one of the best I have read. It reminded me of a Nelson Demille story.
My first Deaver novel and I couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed the history part of the book. Lots of twists, great ending.
It started out in Berlin, 1936, as a hitman is supposed to kill Hitler's right hand man before WWII begins. The book starts off exciting, hits a slower pace, then the ending comes and you find out it is totally against what you were expecting.
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