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Indlæser... The Dead Sisteraf Jonathan Dunsky
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Adam Lapid was used to killing people. He had been a police detective in Hungary before the arrival of the Nazis in the 1940s. He lost his work but, more important, his wife and two young daughters were gassed when they arrived at Auschwitz. He lived out the remainder of WWII in Auschwitz. Afterwards, he remained in Germany, killing people who were responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. Near the end of the decade, he moved to Israel. While he could have become part of the police department there, he did not that kind of life again. He decided move to Tel Aviv and use his skills and become a private investigator. It was in that capacity that he was contacted by Ahmed Jamalka, an Arab man. His beautiful sister was estranged from her family because she had fallen in love with a Christian man. She had disappeared and her body had just washed up. Her face had been savagely mutilated. He said the police considered it an honor killing and were unwilling to look for the killer. He was very angry and wanted to kill the perpetrator. Adam said he would turn the evidence he collected over to the police department for trial and would not accept the case until the brother promised that he would not use the information to kill the person. Not long after Adam began his investigation, he ran into strong opposition from the Israeli Police Department. Part of the problem was that the Jamalka clan fought against the Jews during the war and afterwards while the Arab countries were trying to destroy the new state of Israel. Only when they realized that Israel was going to win and remain did they become allies. He then found out that Maryam had been arrested and jailed three weeks before her death for solicitation. In his search for the truth, Adam learns a lot about the Israeli police department, the division and attitudes between and about Arabs and Jews, and prostitution. He also begins to learn more about himself. Tidbit: After Cain killed his brother Abel, he received a mark on his forehead. Not only did it alert others to his deed, “It was also so Cain would be reminded of it whenever he saw his reflection in a pool of water, whenever he rubbed or scratched his forehead.” THE DEAD SISTER is the second book in Jonathan Dunsky’s Adam Lapid series. He does an excellent job recapturing life in Israel in 1949 (e.g., lots of cigarettes) and building his characters and situations. There are several twists and the ending is unexpected. Definitely a winner. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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The police don't want to catch the killer. So he'll have to.Tel Aviv, 1949 - A young Arab woman lies murdered in the city morgue and no one seems to care. The newspapers won't report it. The police won't investigate. No one is trying to solve the case.Except one man.Private detective Adam Lapid is the only one investigating the murder. And he won't rest until the killer is off the streets.Adam's investigation soon plunges him into a sordid underworld of crime and depravity. An underworld that hides a ruthless killer with a twisted mind.To catch the murderer, Adam must use all his skills. And if he's not careful, he'll be the one who ends up dead next. No library descriptions found. |
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While I enjoyed "The Dead Sister", I don't think it was quite as good as the first novel in the series. I felt the author often included unnecessary detail and I didn't think the plot moved as quickly as it did in book one.
However, I haven't been put off the series. I like Adam as a protagonist and feel sorry for the way he is haunted by the past and his experiences during the Holocaust, so I am off to find the next instalment. ( )