false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg 310745 22 Jeffery Deaver's <I>Garden of Beasts</I> introduces anti-hero Paul Schumann, a notorious rubout man for the New York Mafia known for his cold and professional approach to his job. But the jig is up when he is duped by high-ranking feds who give him a choice--prison or one more impossible job: assassinate the man who's running Hitler's plan for rearming Germany. The hard-nosed German-American lands on the streets of Berlin where immediately the best-laid plans of the United States Government go awry. Schumman finds himself in a city living in fear, tracked by Berlin's best homicide detective. As the intricate chase wears on, both men will discover that the greatest evil is the ascendant Nazi party. <br> <br> Deaver's novel, equal parts noir thriller and historical extrapolation, is a page-turner that offers a twisting visceral experience of the tension in Berlin during that fateful summer. He draws sympathetic portraits of everyday Germans caught between duty to country and their consciences. Into this mix, Deaver drops his coldly dangerous hitman who brawls with brownshirts, chums with Olympic athletes, collaborates with criminals, fraternizes with poets, and discovers the hero inside his hardened soul. <I>--Jeremy Pugh</I><p> <p> <B>Amazon.com Interview</B><br> <img hspace="10" style="width: 90px; height: 111px;" alt="" title="" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/00/10/00/05/41/95/100005419581.jpg" align="left" vspace="7"> When starting a new book by author Jeffery Deaver, expect to have the wool pulled over your eyes. His plots twist and turn and juke and jive like no others, never ending as expected and always including a jaw-dropping plot development. His latest effort, <I>Garden of Beasts</I>, is no exception. Amazon.com caught up with Deaver to discuss plotting, characters, and the perils of soap opera acting. 2713051 2004 Garden of Beasts total:482|5:101|4:185|3:150|2:33|1:13| 482 1774 659 54 1862733 0743437829 9780743437820 15 4 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189381654m/1862733.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1862733.Garden_of_Beasts_A_Novel_of_Berlin_1936 3 0 false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 07:50:18 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 08:28:18 -0800 2009 Once
This story started off as a two star effort at best, ended as a four star offering hence the three stars I gave it.

I'm not sure why I endured ...more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 4 0 false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 21:13:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 21:26:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 3 0 false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 12 12:23:52 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 12:26:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6471003 1416513191 9781416513193 1 1 3.68 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6471003-garden-of-beasts 3 0 true Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 19:22:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 21:32:11 -0700 2009
There are some brief C...more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 3 0 false Fri Jul 24 10:05:59 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 10:12:43 -0700 2009
Good stand alone novel following the exploits of a hit man hired to kill a high ranking official in Nazi occupied Germany just before the outbreak of the 2nd world war.

Again Deavers research puts this book ahead of many of its contemporarys a...more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 5 0 false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 06:08:35 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 06:10:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 3 0 true Mon Sep 28 02:00:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 02:03:31 -0700 2009
The descriptions of Jews being persecuted are so sad and the writing on the subject is very subtle 'when they took our transport away they even took the childrens' bicycles'.

Somehow that one line has stayed with m...more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 5 0 false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 10:22:43 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 10:29:56 -0700 2009
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The story is set in the late 1930s when Hitler was still in power. Paul Schumann was hired by officials of the US government to kill a high-ranking Nazi official name...more...]]> 4603583 0743536479 9780743536479 1 1 3.68 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4603583.Garden_of_Beasts_A_Novel_of_Berlin_1936 4 0 false Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 23:06:54 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 20:47:29 -0700 2008
The novel does a good job of imparting the paranoia of pre-war Berlin. This isn't anything I would have gone in search of,...more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 5 1 false Wed Apr 29 10:28:01 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 12:14:08 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 10:28:01 -0700 2009 A good story. The setting is Germany in 1936. Although a work of fiction, the author provides good insight about living conditions during Hitler’s rise to power. The story if full of intrigue and keeps the pages turning. I highly recommend it.
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I'm a huge fan of the Lincoln Rhyme series, but this may be my new favorite Deaver novel.]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 5 0 false Thu Jul 02 08:23:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 08:29:04 -0700 2009 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 4 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 29 10:19:18 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 10:29:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 4 0 false Mon Mar 02 10:03:34 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:18:14 -0700 2009 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Mar 05 15:17:47 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 15:18:59 -0800 2009 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 5 0 false Mon May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 06 03:00:11 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 06:49:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 2 0 false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 13:18:59 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 13:24:54 -0800 2009 310745 0340734558 9780340734551 424 44 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173642129m/310745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310745.Garden_of_Beasts 4 0 false Tue May 20 17:45:19 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 09:34:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=310745