Third Woman
by Mark Burnell
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Author: Mark BurnellEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-05
ISBN: 0007152663
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Harper Collins
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Book Review: A very beloved Third Woman...
Summary: 5 Stars
Mark Burnell has created a page-turning nerve chilling mystery thriller genre protoganist in Ms. Petra Reuter. This novel premise is simple but still elusive, Petra a paid assasin, is at the wrong place when bombs explode and kill people in Paris. The novel follows thirteen days in chronological order after those events and tries to match Petra against the might of the Amsterdam Group (a Private Equity group with interests in Iraq and the broader Middle-East). Mark sticks to his ususal plot technqiues of kidnapping, murder, technology, car chase, and sexual situations to keep this thriller moving at a faster clip than the earlier ones. Anti-war political views are also interwoven into the characters of this novel in a deft manner without subtracting from the essence of the characters.
The character development in this novel is quite rich and Mark excels in his literary approach in describing the characters and the associated scenery. It makes you relive the entire thirteen days in graphic detail, like the slow boiling hot chocolate with cinnamon sticks and the car chase in the middle of French Alps. Mark does deserve the accolades he gets from The Economist for this novel.
My only pet peeves in this novel are the lack of enough plot variations and sub-plots. But in total, this Third Woman definitely has a pride of place in my Thriller category in my well adorned book shelf.
Fred "G" Sanford
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