The Blue Hour

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From the 1 internationally bestselling author of The Moment and Five Days comes the best book about Morocco since The Sheltering Sky Completely absorbing and atmospheric Philip Kerr.Robin knew Paul wasn t perfect But he said they were so lucky to have found each other, and she believed it was true.She is a meticulous accountant, almost forty He is an artist and university professor, twenty years older When Paul suggests a month in Morocco, where he once lived and worked, a place where the modern meets the medieval, Robin reluctantly agrees.Once immersed into the swirling, white hot exotica of a walled city on the North African Atlantic coast, Robin finds herself acclimatizing to its wonderful strangeness Paul is everything she wants him to be passionate, talented, knowledgeable She is convinced that it is here she will finally become pregnant.But then Paul suddenly disappears, and Robin finds herself the prime suspect in the police inquiry As her understanding of the truth starts to unravel, Robin lurches from the crumbling art deco of Casablanca to the daunting Sahara, caught in an increasingly terrifying spiral from which there is no easy escape.With his acclaimed ability to write thought provoking page turners, Douglas Kennedy takes readers into a world where only Patricia Highsmith has ever dared The Blue Hour is a roller coaster journey into a heart of darkness that asks the question What would you do if your life depended on it Free Read The Blue Hour Author Douglas Kennedy For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I have a thing for Douglas Kennedy I haven t loved all his books, but I feel an affinity with his writing and sensibility He creates great characters and depicts women especially well And he isworldly than many American authors, picking interesting settings and showing a real interest in and an awareness for other parts of the world And his stories are rarely formulaic or predictable And poor guy despite being American, he seems to be under recognized in North America, having mu I have a thing for Douglas Kennedy I haven t loved all his books, but I feel an affinity with his writing and sensibility He creates great characters and depicts women especially well And he isworldly than many American authors, picking interesting settings and showing a real interest in and an awareness for other parts of the world And his stories are rarely formulaic or predictable And poor guy despite being American, he seems to be under recognized in North America, having muchof a profile in the UK and even in France So with all that I was happy to get an advance copy of his latest book The Blue Hour It s not perfect, but it certainly kept me reading and confirms my positive feelings for...Morocco.a new marriage..Robin, 37, years old, is responsible and skillful with her own financial affairs an accountant for a living , but when it came to picking husbandsshe might have benefitted from a few basic classes Her artist husband, Paul, 6 foot 4 inches , with long gray hair, eighteen years older, age 58, was in financial debtwith a pathological compulsion when it came to spending Robin s first marriage to Donald, doomed from the start, lasted 3 years Paul was charmi Morocco.a new marriage..Robin, 37, years old, is responsible and skillful with her own financial affairs an accountant for a living , but when it came to picking husbandsshe might have benefitted from a few basic classes Her artist husband, Paul, 6 foot 4...This book was a real roller coaster of a ride Starts out innocently enough, a husband and wife travel for a month stay in Morocco Married three years and nearing forty Robin wants to have a baby, her husband promises a relaxing vacation, no stress and he is sure she will conceive But things are not as they appear and her husband has secrets, big secrets Then he disappears Wanting answers she attempts to find him, following the clues in his journal that he left behind Across the country she This book was a real roller coaster of a ride Starts out innocently enough, a husband and wife travel for a month stay in Morocco Married three years and nearing forty Robin wants to have a baby, her husband promises a relaxing vacation, no stress and he i...I m not upset that you lied to me, I m upset that from now on I can t believe youFriedrich NietzscheDouglas Kennedy, an American best selling author, pens a thrilling and completely exotic marital as well as adventurous story about a couple who are stuck in a bad marriage mixed with poor financial situations, The Heat of BetrayalSynopsis Robin knew Paul wasn t perfect But he said they were so lucky to have found each other, and she believed it was true.In the heady strangeness ofI m not upset that you lied to me, I m upset that from now on I can t believe youFriedrich NietzscheDouglas Kennedy, an American best selling author, pens a thrilling and completely exotic marital as well as adventurous story about a couple who are stuck in a bad marriage mixed with poor financial situations, The Heat of BetrayalSynopsis Robin knew Paul wasn t perfect But he said they were so lucky to have found each other, and she believed it was true.In the h...Having a career that requires one to be analytical doesn t always translate well into personal life After a whirlwind romance, Robin falls hard for a client an artsy world traveler who whisks her away to Morocco for six weeks of sun and relaxation.Approaching forty and desperate to start a family, Robin grows frustrated as she s unable to become pregnant Following a discovery about Paul s past that might provide answers to why she s have difficulty conceiving, she walks out on her husband Af Having a career that requires one to be analytical doesn t always translate well into personal life After a whirlwind romance, Robin falls hard for a client an artsy world traveler who whisks her away to Morocco for six weeks of sun and relaxation.Approaching forty and desperate to start a family, Robin grows frustrated as she s unable to become pregnant Following a discovery about Paul s past that might provide answers to why she s have difficulty conceiving, she walks out on her husband After cooling down, she returns to an empty hotel room in shambles with blood spattered walls Now the prime suspect of a murder investigation, can Robin uncover the circumstances involving her husband s disappearance A c...Casablanca, Morocco A city of vibrant colors, tantalizing aromas, dizzying sights, and parched air so hot that it takes your breath away A cacophony of shouts and touts from the marketplace vendors assault the ears Street hustlers with grabby hands and promises of anything and everything pluck at your clothes and your arms Sensory overload on every level Robin is an accountant She lives by the numbers numbers don t lie Ironically, her husband, Paul, is an impetuous, spendthrift artist wh Casablanca, Morocco A city of vibrant colors, tantalizing aromas, dizzying sights, and par...I like this author A LOT but this book didn t seem to be up to the standard of the previous ones It sat aGood Storybut not captivating I have never been to Morocco but I do hear its a very passionate place, so a good place to rekindle a failing marriage and fire it up again, however, it wasn t how it turned out to be Robin had ideas she could become a Mother too That everything would work out in the end Alas it wasn t meant to be.Paul her husband goes missing.Instead of leads being t I like this author A LOT but this book didn t seem to be up to the standard of the previous ones It sat aGood Storybut not captivating I have never been to Morocco but I do hear its a very passionate place, so a good place to rekindle a failing marriage and fire it up again, however, it wasn t how it turned out to be Rob..., ,, ,, 30 , ,, ,, 30 , , ,,, , , ,, , ,40 , , 18 ,, , ,,, ,,, , , , , ,, , , , , , ,,,,1955, , ,, 288016 , 2006 Robin is a woman who lives a conservative life as an accountant in New York Her wildest craziest moment was in marrying Paul, a tall throwback hippie artist who swept Robin off her feet Paul wants to take a month long trip to Morocco where he lived and worked as an artist long before meeting Robin Robin s practical side is always appearing but she wants to share and knowabout Paul s previous life since they had a whirlwind romance ending in marriage And that becomes the storyline to th Robin is a woman who lives a conservative life as an accountant in New York Her wildest craziest moment was in marrying Paul, a...Too heavy on the description, though it was very evocative of Morocco It started quite well, but I gave up at about 150 pages, when there was very little happening, and what was happening was not believable enough for me to want to continue.

The Blue Hour
  • English
  • 17 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 1451666373
  • Douglas Kennedy
  • The Blue Hour