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I’m not a big fan of books that relate to World War II, the
Holocaust, and famous Nazis etc.; but I
do like a good thriller. I also very
much like the books I have read from Le French Book and that is why I decided
to read The Bleiberg Project.
The story centers on Jay Novacek, real name Jeremy Corbin, a
trader who has made himself a small fortune on Wall Street, enough money to
last him the rest of his life if he chooses.
Money however, can’t buy him happiness or the peace of mind he so desperately
seeks.
The news of his estranged father’s death is the first domino
in the series to fall. When he tells his
mother the news, she gives him the locket she has always worn and asks him to
leave her alone. Before he has the chance to ask his mother about the locket’s
contents she is assassinated and he turns to the one person he knows he can
trust, his boss, only to discover that he too has been keeping secrets.
Suddenly, men in black cars with Argentinian plates are
after Jeremy and they mean business. The
first attack on his life ends with him being inexplicably saved by a giant of a
man, Eytan Morg, a very dangerous Mossad agent. At
this point the CIA enters the picture and Jeremy finds himself on a plane to
Zurich with Jackie, a very petite and attractive CIA agent. Jeremy soon realizes he needs to discover what
his father had been involved in if he stands any chance of staying alive long
enough to enjoy the fortune he has amassed.
The story ricochets between past events and the present to
gradually make sense of what is happening in the present. The WWII backdrop
provides real monsters to interact with the fictional ones to reveal a
consortium at work to gain the ultimate power to rule the world. This may sound
a little like Austin Powers, especially when a scientific formula is included
in the plot, but it is much, much better than that.
Khara has written a fast-paced race against time thriller
with sympathetic characters. Everyone
has a secret it seems and it is this vulnerability of each of the main
characters that serves as a stark contrast to the power seekers for whom life
is cheap. The pace is a bit slow at the
very beginning but once it picks up it doesn’t let up. My one criticism is that
the epilogue could have been fleshed out a bit more but that is really a small
detail.
This is a thriller that fans of John Grisham, Robert Ludlum
or Ian Fleming will enjoy.
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2 comments:
I have never heard of this book. I am not a fan of stories that go back and forth between past and present :( However, you seem to be on a roll....
I am also not a fan of stories that go back and forth, but in this case, it is well done and adds to the unraveling of the plot without lessening the tension.
Yes I am on a roll but I highly recommend books from Le French Book. The founder, Anne Trager loves crime fiction and is doing a fantastic job in bringing award winning French books to English readers.
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