The Unquiet Heart [Paperback]

Gordon Ferris (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2008

Danny McRae, a private detective scraping a living in post World War II London and Eve Copeland, crime reporter, looking for new angles to save her career, it's an alliance made in heaven. Until Eve disappears, a contact dies violently, and an old adversary presents Danny with some unpalatable truths. His desperate search for his lover draws him into a web of black marketeers, double agents and assassins, and hurls him into the shattered remains of Berlin, where terrorism and espionage foreshadow the bleakness of the Cold War. And Danny begins to lose sight of the thin line between good and evil. ""Ferris captures the feel of bleak post-war Europe."" Publishers Weekly

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Set in post-WWII London and Berlin, Ferris's run-of-the-mill second crime thriller to feature PI Danny McRae (after Truth Dare Kill) finds the former soldier, recently traumatized by a serial killer case, handling routine investigations-for-hire in between sessions with an army psychiatrist. McRae is jolted out of his rut by Eve Copeland, ace reporter, with nice legs, who offers him steady money if he gives her access to information that will enable her to regain the prominence as a journalist she'd enjoyed during the war when she had to compete with fewer male colleagues. Predictably, McRae finds himself falling for Copeland, who turns out to be a German whose real name is Ava Kaplan. When she disappears, McRae pursues her trail to occupied Berlin. Ferris captures the feel of bleak postwar Europe (gaps like old women's gums among the warehouses and tenements), but readers should be prepared for a standard plot and characterization. (Dec.)
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Ferris captures the feel of bleak post-war Europe. --Publishers Weekly

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Creme de La Crime (December 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0955707803
• ISBN-13: 978-0955707803
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #824,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative Post War Mystery, February 26, 2011

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Danny McRae the damaged OSE veteran is part Marlowe, part Rebus and completely engrossing. This second book (his first,Truth Dare Kill was also a great read) to feature the down at heel PI paints a vivid but desperate picture of London and Berlin circa 1946. The mystery is uncomplicated, not a brain teasing whodunnit more of a thisiswhyitwasdun! Great new writer.