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Mar 22, 2013bluehydrangea rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This was a fast, suspenseful read - well written but also frustrating. That's probably a bit unfair since this book does what says on the packet (if you find something a bit French, and you're the one who picked up the book by a French author, set in France, then who's to blame!?) but I found the central male characters, integral to the plot (and there's a LOT of plot) were just a shade too bland to make me care. Maybe that was intentional? The women are on the edge, no-one's happy and there's genuine craziness lurking - to another reader these could be major pluses. I was also hoping for a lot more 1970s Paris detail in Camille's story which is set in 1974... Hopes dashed. However, anyone who loves a story with clandestine love affairs, World War II settings, and secret identities revealed at last, will enjoy.