Dead Ground, Gerald Seymour
Dead Ground, Gerald Seymour
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Dead Ground

Author: Gerald Seymour

Narrator: Robert Whitfield

Unabridged: 12 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

One frozen night in Germany, Tracy Barnes witnesses the killing of her lover by the secret police. Years later, when the Wall has crumbled and old enemies are new friends, Tracy encounters the murderer and plans to make him pay. But in a country still at war with itself, Tracy finds that she is being played as a pawn in a far bigger game of revenge that reaches all the way to Moscow.Crackling with suspense and finely realized characters, Dead Ground floodlights a chilling East Germany at the end of the Cold War, exposing some uncomfortable truths behind one of recent history's most important political transitions. This is spy fiction at its best: a mission of revenge, a haunting love story, and a chilling tale.

About Gerald Seymour

Gerald Seymour was a reporter at ITN for fifteen years, where his first assignment was covering the Great Train Robbery in 1963. He later covered events in Vietnam, Borneo, Aden, Israel, and Northern Ireland. Seymour was on the streets of Londonderry on the afternoon of Bloody Sunday, and was a witness to the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. Seymour's first novel was the acclaimed thriller Harry's Game, set in Belfast, which became an instant international bestseller and later a television series. Six of Seymour's thrillers have now been filmed for television in the UK and United States.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

Some years ago I read and enjoyed a couple of Seymour's books so when I spotted this book I decided to revisit him. The plot at first impression was a fairly simple one. A young East German male is caught and killed by a Stasi unit led by Haupman Dieter Krause while on a spying mission for the Britis......more

Goodreads review by Jose

I didn´t like it very much. The author´s writing prevents me from "going into" the story. I think there is little "passion" on the writing. Story, characters are not really appealing. Sad because I am very interested on books about Germany before the II World War.......more

Goodreads review by Marice

I really struggled to get into this book. The writing style at the beginning didn't grab me and I found it hard to see where the story was going. Became a bit more interesting about 150 pages in but really the book felt like a bit of a slog.......more

Goodreads review by Hans

This story is a real gem, like a diamond. In fact like a diamond it is one entity but has so many different facets. The story unfolds rather ponderously at the beginning so much so that I considered putting it down. A bit like Scandi noir there appear to be several subplots that are interconnected b......more

Goodreads review by Nigel

It's initially a vivid account of an English soldier's life who abruptly meets an enemy from long ago in now post cold war Europe. Duly, Corporal Barnes is arrested by the MP's (military police) for attacking a 'gracious friend and respected allie' and is thrown in gaol. As with all Seymour stories,......more

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