by Ken Howard, Nelson DeMille
War never leaves you. Once exposed to it, it lives on in the dark recesses of your memory, surfacing every now and then in the form of nightmares or, sometimes, nostalgia. In Up Country, author Nelson DeMille brings back Paul Brenner, the smart-mouth Army criminal investigator from his earlier novel...
Quotes“The dead, if they could speak, would tell you why they died, but the living have no answers”“I make jokes when I’m stressed, and when I sense danger..”ReviewAfter a gap of almost 4 months, I once again read a political thriller. The last one I had read was “Key to Rebecca” by Ken Follett. But...
DNF at: 23%
here's the deal with demille: he's a very mediocre writer but he's more compelling when he writes about the vietnam war, as he does in this book (and others). the story here isn't all that interesting or intriguing, and it certainly could be told in fewer than 860 pages. but the story did hold som...
One of my favorite characters, Paul Brenner, is back from one of my favorite authors. Having pissed off the brass in his last case, see The General's Daughter, Paul has been forcibly retired having pissed off a lot of brass His former boss, Colonel Helden, calls him up for a meeting at the Wall wh...
3.5* After reading this book, I think I could navigate my way around Vietnam with a rudimentary map, a motorcycle and a saddlebag full of wise-ass remarks.Part travelogue, part compelling combat memoir -- excellent thriller. *I just reread this as an audiobook and though I enjoyed it I'm deducting ...
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