EBOOK Siege
Opis
A Novel
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS&' ASSOCIATION&'S INTERNATIONAL DAGGERFor fans of Alan Furst and Carlos Ruiz Zafon comes a haunting and layered thriller filled with history, adventure, suspense, and an unforgettable love storyby the internationally bestselling author Arturo Perez-Reverte. Cdiz, 1811: The Spanish port city has been surrounded by Napoleon&'s army for a year. Their backs to the sea, its residents endure routine bombardments and live in constant fear of a French invasion. And now the bodies of random women have begun to turn up throughout the cityvictims of a shadowy killer. Police Comisario Rogelio Tizon has been assigned the case. Known for his razor-sharp investigation skillsas well as his brutal interrogation methodsTizon has seen everything. Or so he thought. His inquiry into the murders reveals a surprising pattern: Each victim has been found where a French bomb exploded. Logic tells him to pass it off as coincidence; his instinct tells him otherwise, and he begins to view Cdiz as a living chessboard, with himself and the killer the main players. In a city pushed to the brink, violence and desperation weave together the lives of a group of unlikely people: the Spanish taxidermist who doubles as a French spy; the young woman who uses her father&'s mercantile business to run the enemy blockade; the rough-edged corsair who tries to resist her charms; and the brilliant academic furiously trying to perfect the French army&'s artillery and bring Cdiz to its knees once and for all. And as Napoleon presses closer, Tizon must make his next move on the bomb-scarred chessboard before the killer claims another pawn. Combining fast-paced narrative with scrupulous historical accuracy, this smart, suspenseful tale of human resilience is Arturo Perez-Reverte at the height of his talents. Praise for The Siege &';Bold . . . [Arturo Perez-Reverte&'s] best yet . . . an ambitious intellectual thriller peopled with colorful rogues and antiheroes, meticulous in its historical detail, with a plot that rattles along to its unexpected finale. It&'s hard to think of a contemporary author who so effortlessly marries popular and literary fiction as enjoyably as this.&'The Observer &';Perez-Reverte has long been Spain&'s most popular, inventive writer of historical fiction. . . . This is a big and bold novel, rich in character and incident.&'The Sunday Times Acclaim for Arturo Perez-Reverte &';John le Carre meets Gabriel Garca Mrquez . . . Perez-Reverte has a huge following . . . and it&'s spreading.&'The Wall Street Journal &';The Da Vinci Code and The Rule of Four . . . pale in comparison with Perez-Reverte&'s novels.&'Time Out New York &';It&'s a rare novelist who can create a literary page-turner. Arturo Perez-Reverte . . . is one of those rarities.&'The Denver Post &';Few contemporary writers conjure up derring-do as well as Arturo Perez-Reverte.&'The Christian Science MonitorFrom the Hardcover edition.
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS&' ASSOCIATION&'S INTERNATIONAL DAGGERFor fans of Alan Furst and Carlos Ruiz Zafon comes a haunting and layered thriller filled with history, adventure, suspense, and an unforgettable love storyby the internationally bestselling author Arturo Perez-Reverte. Cdiz, 1811: The Spanish port city has been surrounded by Napoleon&'s army for a year. Their backs to the sea, its residents endure routine bombardments and live in constant fear of a French invasion. And now the bodies of random women have begun to turn up throughout the cityvictims of a shadowy killer. Police Comisario Rogelio Tizon has been assigned the case. Known for his razor-sharp investigation skillsas well as his brutal interrogation methodsTizon has seen everything. Or so he thought. His inquiry into the murders reveals a surprising pattern: Each victim has been found where a French bomb exploded. Logic tells him to pass it off as coincidence; his instinct tells him otherwise, and he begins to view Cdiz as a living chessboard, with himself and the killer the main players. In a city pushed to the brink, violence and desperation weave together the lives of a group of unlikely people: the Spanish taxidermist who doubles as a French spy; the young woman who uses her father&'s mercantile business to run the enemy blockade; the rough-edged corsair who tries to resist her charms; and the brilliant academic furiously trying to perfect the French army&'s artillery and bring Cdiz to its knees once and for all. And as Napoleon presses closer, Tizon must make his next move on the bomb-scarred chessboard before the killer claims another pawn. Combining fast-paced narrative with scrupulous historical accuracy, this smart, suspenseful tale of human resilience is Arturo Perez-Reverte at the height of his talents. Praise for The Siege &';Bold . . . [Arturo Perez-Reverte&'s] best yet . . . an ambitious intellectual thriller peopled with colorful rogues and antiheroes, meticulous in its historical detail, with a plot that rattles along to its unexpected finale. It&'s hard to think of a contemporary author who so effortlessly marries popular and literary fiction as enjoyably as this.&'The Observer &';Perez-Reverte has long been Spain&'s most popular, inventive writer of historical fiction. . . . This is a big and bold novel, rich in character and incident.&'The Sunday Times Acclaim for Arturo Perez-Reverte &';John le Carre meets Gabriel Garca Mrquez . . . Perez-Reverte has a huge following . . . and it&'s spreading.&'The Wall Street Journal &';The Da Vinci Code and The Rule of Four . . . pale in comparison with Perez-Reverte&'s novels.&'Time Out New York &';It&'s a rare novelist who can create a literary page-turner. Arturo Perez-Reverte . . . is one of those rarities.&'The Denver Post &';Few contemporary writers conjure up derring-do as well as Arturo Perez-Reverte.&'The Christian Science MonitorFrom the Hardcover edition.