The Expats

Kate Moore is a working mother, struggling to make ends meet, to raise children, to keep a spark in her marriage and to maintain an increasingly unbearable life defining secret So when her husband is offered a lucrative job in Luxembourg, she jumps at the chance to leave behind her double life, to start anew.She begins to reinvent herself as an expat, finding her way in a language she doesn t speak, doing the housewifely things she s never before done play dates and coffee mornings, daily cooking and unending laundry Meanwhile, her husband works incessantly, doing a job Kate has never understood, for a banking client she s not allowed to know He s becoming distant and evasive she s getting lonely and bored.Then another American couple arrives Kate soon becomes suspicious that these people are not who they claim to be, and terrified that her own past is catching up to her So Kate begins to dig, to peel back the layers of deception that surround her She discovers fake offices and shell corporations and a hidden gun a mysterious farmhouse and numbered accounts with bewildering sums of money a complex web of intrigue where no one is who they claim to be, and the most profound deceptions lurk beneath the most normal looking of relationships and a mind boggling long play con threatens her family, her marriage, and her life. New Read [ The Expats ] By [ Chris Pavone ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I don t know how to say lukewarm in Luxembourgish, but that was my response to the book The story has a lot of structural problems that could have been cleared up with aggressive editing Part I is a complete mess structurally, changing venues and time frames every page or two, sometimes every couple of paragraphs This makes it hard to follow and keep track of the people and narrative pathways It does smooth out later in the book, but is still in need of reorganization Chris Pavone had an I don t know how to say lukewarm in Luxembourgish, but that was my response...This book is a perfect example of why I do not put any stock into the endorsements on the book jacket from other authors The book jacket for this novel has glowing quotes from John Grisham and Patricia Cornwell among others After reading this book I am convinced that these quotes are just paid for endorsements without the author really reading this book because this book was horrible It was boring, the writing was pedestrian, the characters were one dimensional, and there was zero suspense T This book is a perfect example of why I do not put any stock into the endorsements on the book jacket from other authors The book jack...Should you be honest with your spouse Is your spouse being honest with you Are you SUREOkay, she said I ll bite WHY would we move to Luxembourg To make lots of money, and travel around Europe all the time And there it was, the full, unrestrained smile Just like we always dreamed The open look of a man who harbored no secrets, and didn t admit the possibility that other people did This was what Katherine valued above all else in her husband.Everyone has secrets It s just that so Should you be honest with your spouse Is your spouse being honest with you Are you SUREOkay, she said I ll bite WHY would we move to Luxembourg To make lots of money, and travel around Europe all the time And there it was, the full, unrestrained smile Just like we always dreamed The open look of a man who harbored no secrets, and didn t admit the possibility that other people did This was what Katherine valued above all else in her husband.Everyone has secrets It s just that some people s secrets are bigger than other people s Kate Moore is a CIA agent Her trusting husband Dexter doesn t know a thing about it she s been lying to him for a decade while dati...Presumably the main purpose of a thriller is to provide thrills unfortunately, this one does not I have no earthly idea why John Grisham s blurb compares it to the early works of Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, and Robert Ludlum because not only is it not in the same league, it s not in the same sport Christopher Reich s blurb makes the claim that the book is a jet fueled story that rockets from one corner of the globe to another This is curious characterization of a book where the act Presumably the main purpose of a thriller is to provide thrills unfortunately, this one does not I have no earthly idea why John Grisham s blurb compares it to the early works of Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, and Robert Ludlum because not only is it not in the same league, it s not in the same sport Christopher Reich s blurb makes the claim that the book is a jet fueled story that rockets from one corner of the globe to another This is curious characterization of a book where the action almost entirely takes place in Luxembourg, France, and Swit...I was excited to read this book given all the good press which it had received And I had not read a top notch spy novel in quite some time By the time I finished this book, however, I concluded that I had read a good spy novel but not a very compelling one First of all, the story was written through the eyes of Kat or Kate , a former CIA agent who quits her career and moves to Luxembourg with her husband and two small children She then begins to discover that her husband is not entirely wha I was excited to read this book given all the good press which it had received And I had not read a top notch spy novel in quite some time By the time I finished this book, however, I concluded that I had read a good spy novel but not a very compelling one First of all, the story was written throu...WARNING THIS REVIEW INCLUDES SEVERAL SPOILERS Having myself lived in Brussels for a few years with my family as expats, I ll give Mr Pavone credit for nailing those portions of the story I really enjoyed his highlighting many of the joys, surprises, annoyances and other telling details of living as a foreigner in northern Europe, which according to the book s jacket the author himself did However, while he does well with those sections written from experience, he is much less successful WARNING THIS REVIEW INCLUDES SEVERAL SPOILERS Having myself lived in Brussels for a few years with my family as expats, I ll give Mr Pavone credit for nailing those portions of the story I really enjoyed his highlighting many of the joys, surprises, annoyances and other telling details of living as a foreigner in northern Europe, which according to the book s jacket the author himself did However, while he does well with those sections written from experience, he is much less successful in those areas where he isn t an expert particulary I assume being a spy, and here follow several SPOILERS, so be forewarned His heroine Kate comes across as a moody, l...How can there be so much difference of opinion about the same book Simple it s all in what you see in it If you re looking for a spy thriller, you re going to be a bit disappointed Yes, this is about covert ops and cyber crime, but that s almost incidental What the story is really about is secrets What do you do when you have secrets How do you act How do you feel How long do you keep them How do you reveal them What if you know someone s secret but have to act as if you don t And mo How can there be so much difference of opinion about the same book Simple it s all in what you see in it If you re looking for a spy thriller, you re going to be a bit disappointed Yes, this is about covert ops and cyber crime, but that s almost incidental What the story is really about is secrets What do you do when you have secrets How do you act How do you feel How long do you keep them How do you reveal them What if you know someone s secret but have to act as if you don t And most of all, is it ever all right to keep secrets from your spouse Unlike some people, I liked the main character, although I did find it hard to reconcile her being married with children with being an assassin I can t judge how accurate the spy details were, but the parts about living in a different culture being an expat seemed entirely believable I did find it hard to keep s...I received this book as a Firstreads novel and I m so glad I was given the opportunity to read it As an Expat myself, I was especially intrigued by the parallels I could draw with the author having myself spent 2 years in the Netherlands The descriptions of Amsterdam and the Dutch were spot on Down to the minutest detailit was neat to read that the author s first impressions of the canals, the cobblestoned streets, the parking proceduresequalled ours To quote a paragraph from the book I received this book as a Firstreads novel and I m so glad I was given the opportunity to read it As an Expat myself, I was especially intrigued by the parallels I could draw with the author having myself spent 2 years in the Netherlands The descriptions of Am...Wow, this book was amazing Kate Moore has worked in the CIA for close to fifteen years, but somehow managed to keep the whole thing a secret from her husband After he suggests a move overseas, she decides it s time to quit and devote her time to raising their young children, but strange things begin happening and Kate isn t sure who or what she can trust.This is a must read for anyone who loves spy thrillers, and especially anyone who loves twists and turns and lies and questions of real or no Wow, this book was amazing Kate Moore has worked in the CIA for close to fifteen years, but somehow managed to keep the whole thing a secret from her husband After he suggests a move overseas, she decides it s time to quit and devote her time to raising their young children, but strange things b...Everyday eBook If there s one novel in the world that should appear on a website with this name, it s my debut, The Expats Ridiculous claim Bear me out It s four years ago My wife comes home one night and asks, What would you think of living in Luxembourg Like you, I never, ever considered living there I wasn t entirely sure where or what Luxembourg was But this was a good time for me, and for our family, to pick up and move So we did.And so there I was, no longer a book editor a Everyday eBook If there s one novel in the world that should appear on a website with this name, it s my debut, The Expats Ridiculous claim Bear 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• English
• 27 December 2018
Chris Pavone
• Hardcover
• 326 pages
• 0307956350
• Chris Pavone
• The Expats