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    <body><![CDATA[Murder mystery set in Malta during WWII?  Historical thriller?? Love story???   <br/><br/>Here is my take.  It was interesting enough and I wasn't bored, per se, because I think Mills writes well.  However, I certainly was not enthralled.  The murder mystery was actually my favorite part of the st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81947499">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Psychological murder mystery involving a serial killer? Spy story? Love story? Historical novel? This novel tries to do it all, and does none of it well.<br/><br/>The murder of a local girl on Malta during World War II is made to look like a bombing death. For some reason, a military doctor does the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79283706">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It’s a murder mystery, a love story and a historic novel all rolled into one. The first and last chapters are set one evening in a London restaurant in 1951 but the main story evolves over 9 days in Malta in the summer of 1942, at the height of the terrible German and Italian bombing raids.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74725056">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Too many genres can spoil a good story, and this book comes dangerously close to proving that point.  Its strength as a historical novel, set in the much under appreciated Malta during WWII, saves it from being a rather weak mystery/thriller. Mills does a decent job of making his setting a character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78177436">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Set in Malta during WWII, this book covers the British occupation (if that's the correct word, I think Malta was part of the Commonwealth then) and the Maltese reaction to it. Although, it's really more about Max, an army officer who is investigating the murders of some local girls which seem to hav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77527608">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wouldn't have read this book if I hadn't won an advanced copy, and I kind of wish I hadn't won it.<br/><br/>This book was very, very muddled.  I wish it just focused on one damn thing, but nnoooooo, it had to try to do it all, and it failed.  The whole mystery/thriller part of it absolutely drow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78235660">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Malta, April 1942--Max Chadwick is the military officer charged with managing information and maintaining morale on the tiny Mediterranean island, a strategic lynchpin in the war. Bombs rain from the sky at all hours of the day and night, as the Maltese and their British protectors fiercely cling to the rocky outcropping that is all that stands between the Axis and total dominance of the Mediterranean theater.    When a Maltese woman is murdered, and evidence links her death to a British serviceman, Max is faced with the possibility that the fragile and crucial esprit de corps could shatter. Forced to keep his investigation a secret, Max sets out to unravel the mystery and unmask the killer. At stake is not only his only life and that of the woman he loves, but a conflict with far broader consequences.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[How to describe this book.... a serial killer, romance, espionage, WWII thriller with a decent amount of sex thrown in. For me, the most interesting thing about this book was the setting -- Malta during WWII. I've heard of Malta before and could identify it on the map, but beyond that, I really didn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78174579">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book a quick and easy read.<br/>It tells the story of a British Information Officer on the Island of Malta in 1942 who takes it upon himself to look into the murders of at least 3 local girls. <br/><br/>I found the characters thinly sketched, and therefore a little difficult to disti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78192476">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The much-anticipated new historical crime thriller from the award-winning author of the No 1 bestseller 'The Savage Garden' &quot;You want to know who I am? I'm the last living soul you'll ever set eyes on&quot; Summer, 1942. For the people of Malta, suffering daily bombing raids, the British are the last line of defence against the Nazis. And it is Max Chadwick's job as the information officer to ensure the news the islanders receive maintains morale. So when Max is given proof suggesting a British officer is murdering local women, he knows the consequences of discovery are dire. With the violence on the war-ravaged island escalating daily, he embarks on a private investigation, hidden from the eyes of superiors, friends and the woman he loves. But Max finds himself torn between patriotic duty and personal honour in his efforts to track down the killer! an elusive figure always one step ahead of his hunter.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[i have slogged about halfway through this book, and i'm just giving up. i simply cannot get excited enough about it to find out whodunnit. i don't care about malta, i don't care about the war, i don't care about the characters. i really enjoyed mills' amagansett...loved the characters and thought he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76489321">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The much-anticipated new historical crime thriller from the award-winning author of the No 1 bestseller 'The Savage Garden' &quot;You want to know who I am? I'm the last living soul you'll ever set eyes on&quot; Summer, 1942. For the people of Malta, suffering daily bombing raids, the British are the last line of defence against the Nazis. And it is Max Chadwick's job as the information officer to ensure the news the islanders receive maintains morale. So when Max is given proof suggesting a British officer is murdering local women, he knows the consequences of discovery are dire. With the violence on the war-ravaged island escalating daily, he embarks on a private investigation, hidden from the eyes of superiors, friends and the woman he loves. But Max finds himself torn between patriotic duty and personal honour in his efforts to track down the killer! an elusive figure always one step ahead of his hunter.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've given up as I've now started to approach reading this book as a chore -- something that I must get through before I can go on to something fun.  The book is slow paced and so full of digressions that I couldn't actually keep track of the murder mystery plot.  The war and the mystery both serve ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60533925">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I received this a an ARE.  The synopsis is what really drew me in but I wish more detail had been put in progressing the story rather than multiple page descriptions of the numerous air raids.  I felt like most of the book consisted of characters moving from location to location in between raids or ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78226116">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Like other people have said, I really found this book hard to get through. It took me at least a month to read and I was a little disappointed with it as I really enjoyed The Savage Garden. The last three chapters kept me up an hour past bedtime to read because I wanted to know what happened but the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77081928">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I received this as a Goodreads First Reads book and couldn't wait to read &amp; review it! I really enjoyed getting the WWII perspective as it waged on Malta, the Mediterranean Island. I had no idea what this small, densely populated then British colony had gone through and am amazed. And I really appre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78205506">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book. Not only was a fascinating glimpse of life in Malta during the war and how 'us brits' were viewed by colonial islands but also a gripping mystery novel!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read Savage Garden and really enjoyed it!....Really want to read The inform. officer and the Whaleboat HOuse....]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good read, with an unusual set up for a crime novel and the two narrative voices left you looking for clues for the indentity of the murderer.]]></body>
    
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