Spencerville, Nelson DeMille
Spencerville, Nelson DeMille
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Spencerville

Author: Nelson DeMille

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 21 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2010

Synopsis

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.

About Nelson DeMille

Born in New York City, author Nelson Richard DeMille moved with his parents out to Long Island, where his journey to becoming an accomplished author all began. He graduated from Elmont Memorial High School, and attended three years at Hofstra University. In 1966-69 he was a commissioned officer........Lieutenant in the United States Army. He was an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam, being decorated with the Air Medal, Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

After his tour in Vietnam, he returned to Hofstra University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History. His first major novel, By the Rivers of Babylon, was published in 1978, and is still in print today. After that first novel, he has had numerous others. A few of them are Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, and many others. DeMille has received several literary awards, with being selected as Thriller Master of the Year in 2015. He holds three Honorary Doctorates from Hofstra University, Long Island University, and Dowling College.

DeMille has three children, and he and his wife reside in Garden City, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew

Two things: 1. Lately, I really wish that Goodreads had a half star system. This book is definitely a 3.5 for me and there is no way I could go to 4. So, I settled on 3. 2. Seems like I find myself in the midst of a lot of books with sexual torture/rape scenes. This is a pattern I hope to break! This b......more

Goodreads review by Maria

The Rat Built a Mountain ⛰ For 6 whole years Annie and Keith were an item. But the war came. Keith went to Nam and Annie married a policeman whose (💀dark💀) true colors emerged right after marriage. Although Keith and Annie were no longer in a relationship, their love survived. Somehow, deep inside, t......more

Goodreads review by Corey

“You didn’t have to be born in a small town, Keith thought, to have a soft spot in your heart for America’s small towns. It was, and to some extent it remained, the ideal, if only in an abstract and sentimental way. But beyond nostalgia, the small town dominated much of the history of the America......more

Goodreads review by Revo

Hands down, the silliest DeMille book. The cold war has ended, the MC (ex-CIA) returnes home to a lost love in the heartland and is almost immediately outwitted by a stereotypical, wife-beatin', cheatin', lyin' and theivin' hick cop. No, really...I'm serious. It's in the book, honest. Unfortunately, I......more

Goodreads review by Corey

I had read several of the reviews of Spencerville, and apparently it had many mixed reviews, in other words, some loved it, some really hated it. In my own opinion, was it right up there with some of DeMille's best, like The Charm School, Gold Coast, General's Daughter or the John Corey series, no,......more

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