The Siege: A Novel

The Siege: A Novel

WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERSâ€™ ASSOCIATIONâ€™S INTERNATIONAL DAGGER

For fans of Alan Furst and Carlos Ruiz ZafÃ³n comes a haunting and layered thriller filled with history, adventure, suspense, and an unforgettable love storyâ€”by the internationally bestselling author Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte.
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CÃ¡diz, 1811: The Spanish port city has been surrounded by Napoleonâ€™s army for a year. Their backs to the sea, its residents endure routine bombardments and live in constant fear of a French invasion. And now the bodies of random women have begun to turn up throughout the cityâ€”victims of a shadowy killer.
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Police Comisario Rogelio TizÃ³n has been assigned the case. Known for his razor-sharp investigation skillsâ€”as well as his brutal interrogation methodsâ€”TizÃ³n has seen everything. Or so he thought. His inquiry into the murders reveals a surprising pattern: Each victim has been found where a French bomb exploded. Logic tells him to pass it off as coincidence; his instinct tells him otherwise, and he begins to view CÃ¡diz as a living chessboard, with himself and the killer the main players.
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In a city pushed to the brink, violence and desperation weave together the lives of a group of unlikely people: the Spanish taxidermist who doubles as a French spy; the young woman who uses her fatherâ€™s mercantile business to run the enemy blockade; the rough-edged corsair who tries to resist her charms; and the brilliant academic furiously trying to perfect the French armyâ€™s artillery and bring CÃ¡diz to its knees once and for all. And as Napoleon presses closer, TizÃ³n must make his next move on the bomb-scarred chessboard before the killer claims another pawn.
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Combining fast-paced narrative with scrupulous historical accuracy, this smart, suspenseful tale of human resilience is Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte at the height of his talents.
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Praise for The Siege
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â€œA genre-bending literary thriller . . . Pirates; serial killings; steamy, unrequited love: PÃ©rez-Reverte imbues the sensational with significance. . . . His descriptions of the town and people of CÃ¡diz capture colors, smells and personalities, making the page come to life, and he balances these sensory passages with dense observations about history, metaphysics, science, and human nature.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews

â€œBold . . . [PÃ©rez-Reverteâ€™s] best yet . . . an ambitious intellectual thriller peopled with colorful rogues and antiheroes, meticulous in its historical detail, with a plot that rattles along to its unexpected finale. Itâ€™s hard to think of a contemporary author who so effortlessly marries popular and literary fiction as enjoyably as this.â€â€”The Observer
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â€œPÃ©rez-Reverte has long been Spainâ€™s most popular, inventive writer of historical fiction. . . . This is a big and bold novel, rich in character and incident.â€â€”The Sunday Times
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Acclaim for Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte
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â€œJohn le CarrÃ© meets Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez . . . PÃ©rez-Reverte has a huge following . . . and itâ€™s spreading.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal
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â€œThe Da Vinci Code and The Rule of Four . . . pale in comparison with PÃ©rez-Reverteâ€™s novels.â€â€”Time Out New York
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â€œItâ€™s a rare novelist who can create a literary page-turner. Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte . . . is one of those rarities.â€â€”The Denver Post

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-11-04
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-11-04
Format	Kindle eBook

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