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Synopsis
Seventy-year-old English writer, John Charles, lives a comfortable life in France. One day, his quiet lifestyle is abruptly shattered, when a bullet is fired at his cottage by an unknown assailant. Subsequently, a man dressed in clothes similar to those John enjoys wearing is found dead. Finally, John's beloved home is burned to the ground. Rather than visit the police, John flees across the continent to escape his enemies, while still trying to learn their identities. However, his unknown foes are in close pursuit and they know a lot about what makes John tick...
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Review
John Charles, the central character of One More River, bears more than a passing resemblance to his creator, that sly devil Nicolas Freeling. Both are 70-year-old British writers of crime fiction living in France. Did somebody fire a rifle at Freeling one soft summer night, as they do at Charles? "One doesn't know when a book might suddenly start; taking one by surprise," Charles writes in his ever-present notebook after the bullet whizzes by his head. The notebook becomes the center of the story, veering from third-person narrative to first-person confessional as Charles tries to escape from and uncover the people who burn down his house and who kill another man who looks remarkably like him. Does it have something to do with his work, especially past investigations into real-life assassinations? Or is it more personal--an ex-wife or mistress or even an offspring avenging some real or imagined wrong? Freeling keeps us in suspense just long enough to get us firmly hooked, then uses his unique amalgam of British heart and French brain to bring us home. Other examples of his artistry in paperback include A Dwarf Kingdom, The Seacoast of Bohemia, and You Who Know.
From AudioFile
Readers used to Freeling's elegant and atmospheric crime novels featuring French and Dutch detectives will be surprised and pleased with this new work. ONE MORE RIVER introduces listeners to John Charles, an aging crime writer who suddenly finds himself the object of someone's murderous intentions. Narrator Edmund Dehn gives perfect voice to Freeling's elegant style, and--much more difficult--he never loses the listener during Freeling's frequent shifts of scene and mood. A must for lovers of the finely written psychological crime novel. A.C.S. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherIsis Large Print Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0753159090
- ISBN 13 9780753159095
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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