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    Spencerville
    Audiobook21 hours

    Spencerville

    Written by Nelson DeMille

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Back from the Cold War, intelligence officer Keith Landry returns to his hometown of Spencerville, Ohio. Twenty-five years after their last encounter, Keith runs into his first love, Annie, now unhappily married to the town's chief of police--an abusive alcoholic. In his efforts to reclaim Annie, Keith will have to draw on all the skills of a violent lifetime.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateNov 1, 2010
    ISBN9781609411626
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    Spencerville
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    Nelson DeMille

    Nelson DeMille is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include The Maze, The Deserter (written with Alex DeMille), The Cuban Affair, Word of Honor, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General’s Daughter, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. He has written short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated US Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild, and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. He lives on Long Island with his family.

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    • 3/5
      Spencerville , a small town in the Midwest, has all the telltale signs of a corrupt police force, gossip, hypocrisy, narrow mindedness,and a propensity for liking only those who are their own kind. (Not too different from the deep south in the 1950's and 60's. Story about 2 high school and college sweethearts who go their own ways as adults but never stop desiring each other. The story is a little dated and typical with few surprises; Successful boyfriend comes home from the big city back to the small town. Girlfriend is already married to the corrupt and ghastly police chief. Romance ensues, husband jealous, girlfriend trapped in the unsafe relationship...boyfriend tries to keep distance, girlfriend tries to put on a brave face, husband goes berserk, etc. The beginning was interesting, the middle was boring and predictable, the ending was very exciting. So, you decide. Not my favorite Nelson DeMille book.
    • 5/5
      Great characters, very deeply drawn...both the heroes and villains. I felt I got to know them all. The plot is straight forward, but the journey to its conclusion is fast paced, tense, filled with twists and turns and makes you turn the pages rapidly.

      There is enough wry humor, sarcasm and cynicism from the protagonist (Keith Landry) and his allies to allow the reader a chance to relax from the nonstop action...refreshing and almost necessary in a book this lengthy. The major bad guy (Cliff Baxter) is truly despicable, but devious, dangerous, deadly and cunning (and he wears a badge). It is quite easy hoping he gets what's due him.
    • 5/5
      Another Demille novel that kept my rapt interest. It had spies, crime, a big fat sheriff, love, and was set in the nation's heartland. Great listen from Audible.com.
    • 3/5
      This is not the kind of book Nelson DeMille usually writes, so I wasn't expecting to read what amounts to a fairy tale with explicit sex and violence. Keith Landry has spent his adult life working for the government fighting the cold war. When that part of history ends, he is released from his job into an early retirement. He decides to go back to Spencerville, Ohio, the small agricultural town where he was born and grew up. This is also the place where the love of his life, Annie Prentis, still lives, although now she's married to the town's Chief Of Police who is a sadistic bully. Annie and Keith have maintained a platonic correspondence over the years, but both of them have thoughts of being together some day if and when they meet again. With Keith's return to Spencerville, the stage is set for the couple to reunite. Annie is ready to leave her husband, and Keith would like nothing more than to assist her so she'll be with him.While the situations faced by the people in this story are very adult, the whole mood of the developing situations is adolescent. The one part that rings true is the sense of nostalgia DeMille infuses into the story. Anyone who has grown up in a small town will recognize the sense of unity; of people looking out for one another, and of the notion that everyone knows who you are and who you belong to. Whether DeMille is writing about the bar in the center of town or the general store visited by most of the towns' people, that feeling of pleasant past memories comes through to the reader.While I wouldn't recommend this book as one of DeMille's best, it is an interesting story and a worthwhile read.
    • 4/5
      I'd delayed reading this for a long time because it was such a weighty tome, and I've not had much reading time lately to devote to getting through such a book in a relatively short space of time. I was also not really in the mood for a spy/terrorist/war type thriller: I didn't read the blurb on the back. Well, I could finally put it off no longer, and started it with the intention of reading in my accustomed style. The first surprise was that the main protagonist had left whatever murky world he had inhabited, and headed back home to the American sticks. The second was, that this looked as if it was heading to have an element of romance in it. The third was, that if the romance was going to happen, why did it take almost half the book for the couple to actually meet each other. The fourth was that the murky past of the character was never explored. Of course, the first part of the book was spent in establishing the characters, and the feel of the environment around Spencerville, the main character's hometown. Doesn't sound like a lot happened, then, and yet I was setting more and more time aside to carry on reading. Finally, the head of steam was released, and events started piling on top of one another: some well telegraphed, but enough were out of the blue. And I ended up reading through the night to polish it off ...Overall, pleasantly surprised, and the violence at the end was what I'd expected all along (in ferocity, if not in its nature).
    • 5/5
      One of the better Thrillers by one of the 20th centuries best thriller writers.
    • 2/5
      I got through about 15% of this book before putting it down. I love Nelson DeMille's John Corey books, but most everything else I've tried of his reads like a bad Lifetime movie. (Which is to say, any Lifetime movie!).His antagonist, Cliff Baxter, is a stereotypical evil bully chief of police in a small town. He lords over everyone, including his wife, who makes a half-hearted attempt to kill him early on. Ironically, her former lover, Keith Landry, moves back to town from his career as a national intelligence officer. He still has feelings for her, although he knows she’s married. Think Keith and Cliff will do battle later on? I’m assuming so, but I’m not sticking around to find out.DeMille seems more interested in describing every acre of Spencerville and its politics than in telling a good story. Which is unfortunate, because most of the Cory novels (except “Up Country”) are great.