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The Assassini
Gifford, Thomas
1991 50670 Gifford's ( The Wind Chill Factor ) splendid thriller--his first novel in 11 years--takes place as the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope and an ancient and deadly secret society, its roots deep in Church history, takes murderous action. An ambitious monsignor and a well-connected lay power broker are executed in New York City; hours later, a radical activist nun writing a book on the Church's role in WW II is killed in Princeton, N.J. The nun's brother, lawyer Ben Driskill, a cynical ex-Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian, determines to avenge her murder. He must track down the meaning of the tattered WW II photo his sister left behind, featuring one of the two likeliest candidates for the papacy, and discover why she was investigating the suicide in Princeton of a visiting priest 50 years earlier. Driskill's perilous journey takes him to Egypt, Paris, Ireland and Rome, where another American nun is asking similar questions. As their paths converge, dark secrets from the Church's history in WW II are revealed. Despite the fact that many readers will identify the mysterious "Archduke" well before the somewhat overwrought conclusion, Gifford delivers a classic thriller: well-written, plausible and thought-provoking . Review "A classic thriller."--Publishers Weekly. "Adds new meaning to the word riveting."--Atlanta Journal And Constitution. "Masterfully plotted and brilliantly told, The Assasini's suspense is unrelenting and its satisfaction is guaranteed."- Review: Gifford's ( The Wind Chill Factor ) splendid thriller--his first novel in 11 years--takes place as the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope and an ancient and deadly secret society, its roots deep in Church history, takes murderous action. An ambitious monsignor and a well-connected lay power broker are executed in New York City; hours later, a radical activist nun writing a book on the Church's role in WW II is killed in Princeton, N.J. The nun's brother, lawyer Ben Driskill, a cynical ex-Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian, determines to avenge her murder. He must track down the meaning of the tattered WW II photo his sister left behind, featuring one of the two likeliest candidates for the papacy, and discover why she was investigating the suicide in Princeton of a visiting priest 50 years earlier. Driskill's perilous journey takes him to Egypt, Paris, Ireland and Rome, where another American nun is asking similar questions. As their paths converge, dark secrets from the Church's history in WW II are revealed. Despite the fact that many readers will identify the mysterious "Archduke" well before the somewhat overwrought conclusion, Gifford delivers a classic thriller: well-written, plausible and thought-provoking. Review "A classic thriller."--Publishers Weekly. "Adds new meaning to the word riveting."--Atlanta Journal And Constitution. "Masterfully plotted and brilliantly told, The Assasini's suspense is unrelenting and its satisfaction is guaranteed." TWO audio cassettes, performed by Will Patton, boxed, Abridged, running time 180 minutes. Random House Audio 0553452886 / 9780553452884
Audio Cassette Boxed Program As New Condition Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.A. out of Print
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The First Sacrifice
Gifford, Thomas
1994 99252 "I am not I; he is not he; they are not they." Suspense fans will recognize the opening epigraph of Gifford's new novel as the one that, 19 years ago, began The Wind Chill Factor , perhaps the best Fourth Reich Nazi thriller ever. Now, after several intervening novels (most recently, Praetorian ), Gifford continues the story of the Cooper family--and the good news is that the sequel is nearly as good as the original. It's the 1990s, 20 years after the violent Siege of Cooper's Falls. Germany is unified, and John Cooper's sister, Lee, is married to Wolf Koller--industrialist, real estate tycoon and secret sponsor of right-wing terrorist groups whose riots and rallies seem to be staged to solidify Koller as the law-and-order power behind whoever runs the new Germany. But Koller is also the force behind a secret plan called SPARTAKUS; when his grown daughter, Erika, finds out about it, she tries to kill herself, fails and then vanishes. Desperate, Lee reaches out to John, now running a movie house/bookstore in Boston. Traveling to Germany to find the missing young woman, he becomes enmeshed in a web of shifting loyalties and international intrigue that's centered around SPARTAKUS, the threat of a united Germany and the shadow of Adolf Hitler. This is a more conventional thriller than its predecessor, but it stands on its own and makes the Cooper family history intelligible to newcomers without giving away the surprises of the first book. Unlike The Wind Chill Factor , moreover, this is told in the third person, giving Gifford more latitude in characterization and plotting. Withholding some twists until the very end, this outstanding thriller will nail readers to the page as it takes current events and concerns about the new Germany to a chillingly logical conclusion. 100,000 first printing; Literary Guild, Mystery Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Twenty years ago John Cooper almost single-handedly shattered the underground rise of the Fourth Reich (The Wind Chill Factor, 1976). He now lives quietly in Boston, watching old movies in his theater, until he receives a plea for help from his estranged sister in Berlin, whose daughter is missing. Thus, Cooper heads back to Germany and into a maelstrom of murder and mayhem. Neo-Nazis roam the streets, and a billionaire industrialist named Wolf Koller-who just so happens to be married to Cooper's sister-offers a vision for a new, powerful Germany. Soon, Cooper and Koller are pitted against each other, for Lee Koller and her daughter are but pawns in Wolf's deadly game. Gifford has once again fashioned an absorbing, riveting, horrifyingly plausible tale. Readers looking for post-Cold War thrillers need look no further. Recommended for most fiction collections. Bantam 0-553-09252-9 / 9780553092523
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