Thomas Guthrie was a prolific writer of popular thrillers. “The Wind Chill Factor,” published in 1975, was his first. The protagonist is John Cooper, scion of the affluent Cooper family of Cooper’s Falls, Minnesota. In the early 1970s John is a 34-year old writer living in Cambridge, Massachus...
Vorurteilsschwangere Weitschweifigkeit im Whisky-NebelEs haben ja schon etliche Leute ihre Begeisterung über diesen Thriller kund getan, und nicht weniger ihrer Fassungslosigkeit über die Weitschweifigkeit dieses Wälzers freien Lauf gelassen. Setze hier trotzdem mein ceterum censeo auf den ganzen...
A great plot and very attention-grabbing from beginning to end--especially if you're interested in Boston/Cambridge, American history, and thrillers! However, I downgraded my rating due to the style--which seems very dated to me. The book was published in 1978, and the dialogue (which includes ...
Over the years I have returned to this story of love and death, incest and suicide, murder, listening to the voice of a jaded and burned out Paul Cavanaugh as he tries to unravel a pretty seedy story of human shame and revenge. Cavanaugh doesn't think anyone can sink as low as he is, on the verge...
Für mich bislang Giffords bester Thriller, Protector fällt in eine andere Kategorie.Der Auftakt samt Notlandung und Überleben in einer Behindertengruppe im Schneesturm ist geradezu genial, auch die Rückkehr in ein LA., dessen Nobelvierterl gerade so nach und nach den Hang herrunterrutschen. Grote...
It was underlined by the first sight of the birthday present hanging by the mirror. After she’d made her single cup of coffee she sat looking out the window into the slushy, half-icy backyard and dialed Tony’s number on Staten Island. He was an early riser, if he’d gone home last night; otherwise...