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The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy
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The Woman in the Fifth (original 2007; edition 2007)

by Douglas Kennedy

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Losing his job and family after an affair, Harry Ricks flees to Paris, where he becomes a night watchman and falls in love with a Hungarian widow before realizing that everybody who has mistreated him is meeting an unfortunate end.
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Title:The Woman in the Fifth
Authors:Douglas Kennedy
Info:Hutchinson (2007), Edition: Airport / Ireland / Export ed, Paperback, 432 pages
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The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy (2007)

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  DemFen | Oct 31, 2024 |
Interesting book, but left hanging in the end.... ( )
  rendier | Dec 20, 2020 |
A very nice book, very entertaining. Interesting, a plot that kept me reading, reading and even do some more reading, trying to find out what was happening and why.
I liked the style of writing and the plot twist, very unusual.

Despite I liked the book a lot, I found the first half better than the second. I think the tension of not knowing what was going on lacked, once I was told what was the matter. And without means & Manners of escape there was not really a different option than the one Harry chose. ( )
  BoekenTrol71 | May 16, 2020 |
Starts out subtle and becomes immensely creepy as it goes on.
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  alyslinn | May 25, 2013 |
This started of as a good book and then drifted off into complete drivel. Very disappointing ( )
  chive | Apr 15, 2013 |
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'Everything she had told the Superintendent was true, but sometimes nothing is less true than the truth.'
            Georges Simenon, La Fuite de Monsieur Monde
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For Frank Kelcz
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That was the year my life fell apart, and that was the year I moved to Paris.
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Il y a encore quelques mois, Harry Ricks était professeur dans une université américaine et menait une vie tranquille avec sa femme et sa fille.
Aujourd’hui, il survit tout juste dans une chambre de bonne crasseuse à Paris, au fin fond du Xe arrondissement, et n’a plus aucun contact avec sa famille. Alors qu’il croit toucher le fond, la passion fait irruption dans sa vie : elle s’appelle Margit, elle est hongroise et sensuelle. Et très énigmatique : Harry ne devra pas lui poser de questions sur son travail, son passé, sa vie, et ne pourra la voir que deux fois par semaine, à dix-sept heures, dans son appartement du Ve. Comme envoûté, Harry accepte. Mais bientôt se produisent autour de lui d’étranges coïncidences…
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