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The Little Parachute

by J. Robert Janes
5 CDs. 5:30 hrs. Dreamscape Media. Dec. 2016. ISBN 9781520051659. $59.99. F
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Held in an SS interrogation room in Paris, a panicked Angelique conceals the identity of nine-year-old Martin, posing as her child. The son of her vanished lover is mute, and this trip to Paris was to see a physician. She is pulled into a terrifying and deteriorating situation, with her history unfolding in parallel with that of another Frenchwoman working for the Nazis. Janes has written a long-running mystery series set in Nazi-occupied France and describes Paris well, but this fractured story is confused, difficult to follow, and ends abruptly, with no resolution. Narrator Philip Bond does little to differentiate the characters, exacerbating the disorder of unpredictable scenes and changes in point of view.
VERDICT Recommended only for large collections with Janes's fans or readers looking for World War II suspense fiction.
Reviewed by Janet Martin, Southern Pines P.L., NC , Mar 15, 2017
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