About the Book
In 1975, a People's Militia homicide investigator is on a plane for Istanbul when it is hijacked by Armenian terrorists. Before the Turkish authorities can fulfill the hijackers' demands, the plane explodes in midair.
Two investigators, a secret policeman and a homicide detective, are assigned to the case. Both believe that their superiors are keeping them in the dark, but they can't figure out why ... until they begin to realize that everything is connected to a seven-year-old murder, a seemingly insignificant killing that has had far-reaching consequences.
Politics and history, for which Olen Steinhauer's novels are most praised, turn intimate and highly compelling in this new novel, reminiscent of John le Carré's best.
About the Author :
Olen Steinhauer grew up in Virginia, and has since lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and New York. Outside the US, he's lived in Croatia (when it was called Yugoslavia), the Czech Republic and Italy. He also spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright grant, an experience that helped inspire his first five books. He now lives in Hungary with his wife and daughter. Lorna Raver, named one of AudioFile magazine's Best Voices of the Year, has received numerous Audie Award nominations and many AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has appeared on stage in New York, Los Angeles, and regional theaters around the country. Among her many television credits are NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, Boston Legal, ER, and Star Trek. She starred in director Sam Raimi's film Drag Me to Hell.
Robertson Dean has acted on- and off-Broadway and in many leading roles at regional theaters throughout the United States. His film work includes Star Trek: Nemesis and Vanilla Sky. Jane Jacobs's voice acting and audiobook narration is distinguished by her creative casts of characters, insightful interpretation, and fluid style. Her audiobook credits cross the genres of history, fiction, self-help, business, romance, and children's stories. Jane's voice is also featured in television and film, corporate narration, and interactive games. Yuri Rasovsky (1944-2012) won wide critical acclaim during his forty-year career as an audio dramatist, writer, producer, and director. His numerous honors included two Peabody Awards, nine Audie Awards, and a Grammy. In 2011, his production for Blackstone, The Mark of Zorro, was nominated for a Grammy. His final production for Blackstone was Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You! He has left behind an incredible legacy.
Review :
"[A] cool and cerebral crime thriller, full of political nuance."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"
"Steinhauer again displays his masterful manipulation of character, plot, and reader expectations...A fast, intriguing read."
-- "Library Journal (starred review)"
"Steinhauer's elegant spy novel Liberation Movements is imbued with a retro kind of cool...It is a tight, neatly structured story, built around the lives of very Cold War characters, individuals effaced by the secrecy of their professions and the cynicism of their nation. But Liberation Movements is not so cold or so neat, for all that. At its heart is a messy, human revenge plot...captivating."
-- "Esquire"
"Steinhauer's first three books caught the frustration and bleakness of their Eastern European setting to heartbreaking perfection. He underscores those qualities this time with contrasting scenes of a Turkish capital bursting with life and some semblance of hope. And the irony which has colored the series to such strong effect is even more evident in Liberation Movements."
-- "Chicago Tribune"
"Dazzling...a skilled writer working at the top of his form."
-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
"Five actors divide narrative duties in this beautifully produced story...all do wonderful evocative work portraying the investigators of the explosion, their superiors, who seem to know more than they're telling, and assorted loves and spouses of the main players in this fascinating Cold War noir...Absorbing performances of an intriguing and memorable thriller."
-- "AudioFile"
"It is an exhilarating and enjoyable ride."
-- "Los Angeles Times"
"Steinhauer's use of alternating time periods and tenses and events happening out of sequence demand the listener's full attention and make this work, read by Bo Foxworth and others, a complicated, taut, and suspenseful listening experience."
-- "Library Journal (audio review)"
