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    Back From the Dead

    Written by Peter Leonard

    Narrated by Jeff Harding

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    Bahamas, 1971, and Ernst Hess: missing, presumed dead, regains consciousness to find himself in a hospital bed on a strange ward in a foreign country. Back from the Dead pitches the gang - Harry, Cordell, Colette and Joyce - into a fight to the death, which moves from the Bahamas to Florida, to Germany and the South of France, as their worst fear comes back to haunt them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJan 3, 2013
    ISBN9781471226588
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    Peter Leonard

    Peter Leonard lives in Birmingham, Michigan with his wife and four children.  He is a partner in the ad agency of Leonard, Mayer & Tocco, Inc. He is the author of Quiver and Trust Me.

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    • 5/5
      Synopsis/blurb.......Peter Leonard's jaw-dropping VOICES OF THE DEAD introduced us to two mortal enemies: Holocaust survivor Harry Levin and Nazi death angel Ernst Hess. Now, their struggle reaches its dramatic conclusion in BACK FROM THE DEAD.Bahamas, 1971. Ernst Hess, missing and presumed dead, regains consciousness to find himself stuck in a hospital bed on a strange ward in a foreign country. He must do what he needs to do to get his life back and to finish the job he has been doing for decades.Harry believes he has already stopped Hess. When he finds out that the war criminal has somehow survived, Harry must do the only thing he can do kill Hess again even if it means crossing continents and putting his life and the lives of those that matter to him on the line.Action-packed and darkly humorous, BACK FROM THE DEAD is the unforgettable conclusion to a story that launches Peter Leonard into the pantheon of great suspense novelists.My first taste of this author and an enjoyable experience it was too. I’m not usually a fan of reading series books out of sequence, as it offends the OCD lurking within, but at the time I was unaware there was an earlier book – Voices of the Dead. Hopefully I can catch up with the first at some point. Short-ish at 230-odd pages, Back From The Dead starts intriguingly, soon bursts into action and pretty much stays pedal to metal until the end. Hess a Nazi war criminal versus Levin a Holocaust survivor, good v. evil, light v. dark.........an enjoyable, violent, bloody tale with Hess - a relentless amoral killer; cunning and manipulative, cold and callous but at the same time capable, intelligent, decisive and charming when he wants to be. Levin is almost a mirror image of his foe, sharing many of the same traits and attributes but in possession of a moral compass, driven by a sense of loyalty for his friends and a thirst for justice, not necessarily administered by the legal authorities. Action spread across the US and Europe, fantastic twists as Leonard writes his characters into a box and believably back out again on more than one occasion. A fantastic read.*Years ago, I made a throwaway remark on someone’s blog after they reviewed Quiver, the author’s first novel. I think my comment was along the lines of.......” not for me, probably only got published because of his dad!” Pass me a big dose of humble pie as I couldn’t have been more wrong. With apologies to Mr Leonard and a note to self saying – “engage brain before commenting in future.”5 from 5I managed to blag access to a reading copy via the Net Galley website.
    • 5/5
      Back from the Dead is in reference to Ernst Hess, the Nazi war criminal, that we were introduced to in Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard. Just when Harry Levin thought that life would be good, he finds out that Hess is alive. Harry had thought he shot and killed him and that he could forget the awful past.Like the prequel, Voices of the Dead, Peter Leonard tells a suspenseful story about the evil that was the Holocaust. I was totally immersed in the story from the first page and read the book in two sittings, then my husband read it in a day. A wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Reading an awesome book!! I look forward to anything and everything that Mr.Leonard writes in the future. A book that will keep the reader in suspense until the end. I highly recommend it...I received a copy of this book for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.