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5 stars to Ken Follett 's Night Over Water . Someone else I know was reading this one and thought it was amazing. I decided to give it a chance. It WAS amazing. I couldn't put it down. All the characters work so well together and I decided I like Ken Follett a lot! This is a definite read if you like Leggi tutto

Follett, the Great Wow, Wow, Wow!!! Ken Follett is such an amazing storyteller! His books are a combination of Truth — History plus Politics — and fictionized adventures. And here is what we do: We learn a bunch of Trues, while enjoying a couple of Adventures! He’s the teacher and we are the happy, happy Leggi tutto

A Strange Kind of Meeting An odd group of people will fly over the Atlantic Ocean for an estimated period of 30 hours. Among others, you’ll find a charming thief, a British noble family, a German scientist, a runaway maiden and a killer with his mob. In those 30 hours they’ll have plenty of time to s Leggi tutto

Uma Estranha Reunião A bordo dum hidroavião de luxo encontra-se uma panóplia de indivíduos com as mais diversas proveniências. São eles: Um ladrão carismático, uma donzela em fuga, uma nobre família britânica, um cientista alemão, um assassino e respectiva trupe, etc, etc... O dito hidroavião irá efec Leggi tutto

Realmente me gustó. No es una obra maestra del suspenso, pero tiene muchos componentes que hacen que la lectura se disfrute mucho y deje un muy buen sabor. Si bien hay un conflicto principal, relacionado con este vuelo de 27 horas en que se cruza el océano Atlántico desde Inglaterra hacia Estados Uni Leggi tutto

Night over Water is an amazingly well paced suspense novel with a traditional noir feel. It is loaded with well-timed action, typical intrigue, and indulgent sex scenes with every woman desperate for a man and every man reluctant, but passionate, toward a woman. Honestly, that is the predominant crim Leggi tutto

E terminei este livro, que era o e-reader dos anos de 1990. Quatro livros num só, imaginem! :D Li alguns destes livros condensados e foi através deles que conheci as histórias de um dos meus autores de enredos legais preferido, John Grisham, por isso tenho um certo carinho por eles, apesar de hoje sa Leggi tutto

This was an exciting story with a great plot. Follett takes his time to develop the characters in such a way that before long you feel you know them intimately. Some you like...some you dispise. Some surprise you in the end. I would give this book 4 stars easily, except that Follett, like so many aut Leggi tutto

First read this book 25 years ago and decided to go back again and reread it. Not as good 2nd time through. Because there has been 25 years in between I did not remember a lot of the plot. The story is interesting, one of the last flying seaplanes (there were such planes) departs Southampton the day Leggi tutto