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The Great Deception
by
Joy Chambers
A sweeping epic tale of courage, drama and passion, looking at the experiences of Australians in World War Two.
New South Wales, 1947: When Shelly Wareing's husband Cole vanishes into the night, leaving only a note to say that he will come back no matter how long it takes, Shelly is bewildered. What could be the reason for his sudden disappearance? Searching for clues, Shel...more
New South Wales, 1947: When Shelly Wareing's husband Cole vanishes into the night, leaving only a note to say that he will come back no matter how long it takes, Shelly is bewildered. What could be the reason for his sudden disappearance? Searching for clues, Shel...more
Hardcover, 640 pages
Published
October 10th 2012
by Headline Book Publishing
(first published October 1st 2012)
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Oh this book is too long and too detailed. The story line is bogged down by unnecessary facts. It is a good story line and could have been a great book but about a third of the way in I found myself skipping paragraphs and then pages ( never a good sign). I just wanted to get on with it.... There could have been so much more about the relationship between Cole and Shell but the story became quite cumbersome relating the war section. Chamber's appears to have attempted to interweave historical ch...more
3.5 stars
The Great Deception is a historical fiction novel that explores Cole Wareing’s experience as an Australian undercover agent during World War II. I’d like to start by saying there’s a lot about this book I really loved and there’s some aspects that just didn’t work for me.
The Great Deception is divided into three parts across two time periods. Part one introduces the couple, Shelly and Cole who have been married for nearly two years and reside on an isolated farm in the NSW Southern High...more
The Great Deception is a historical fiction novel that explores Cole Wareing’s experience as an Australian undercover agent during World War II. I’d like to start by saying there’s a lot about this book I really loved and there’s some aspects that just didn’t work for me.
The Great Deception is divided into three parts across two time periods. Part one introduces the couple, Shelly and Cole who have been married for nearly two years and reside on an isolated farm in the NSW Southern High...more
I couldn't be bothered finishing this book. It was espionage fiction for dummies. Every bit of the plot seemed to be telegraphed, and then emphasised, and the conversations didn't ring true for having taken place in character and in German.
Not subtle enough, not clever enough. It was hard to care about Shelly.
2 stars because it began well enough, and it was obviously researched.
It could have been so good.
Not subtle enough, not clever enough. It was hard to care about Shelly.
2 stars because it began well enough, and it was obviously researched.
It could have been so good.
I failed to be engaged by this as I didn't warm to the characters. Perhaps I have read too much about war and of people whose stories grabbed me and wouldn't let go. Australian examples are biographies of Nancy Wake and the three books written by Barry Heard.
This is a post-war, sweeping tale that keeps you guessing and takes you from Australia to Europe. I looked forward to catching up with the characters each time I picked up the book, and I liked the heroes. But for my personal tastes it was a little corny and neatly finished-off. But, if you are keen for a little escapism and to have a big summer read, then you will enjoy Joy's book.
Kept me turning the pages.
GGood, original story. Main characters were well developed. Could have mad more action given the subject and the characters' dialogue was a littel lofty/idealistic at times.
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Joy Chambers is an author, company chairman and a business woman. In 1990 she began writing; this could have been called her fifth career, for until that time she had combined actor and television panelist with that of business partner and wife of media mogul, Reg Grundy. A lover of history and never idle, Joy writes Fact-Based Fiction.
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