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Title: Lacking Virtues
Author: Thomas Kirkwood
Narrator: Edoardo Camponeschi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-20-14
Publisher: Thomas Kirkwood
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Steven LeConte has all the qualities that propel a young man to success. He is bright, handsome, charming . . . the list is long. Yet, at age 27, this scion of a prominent Connecticut family is teaching tennis in Paris. His journalistic aspirations have produced a few dazzling leads but not a single completed article. If he can take pride in one achievement, which he does not, it is the prodigious number of girls he has coaxed from the tennis club into his bed. A small inheritance from his aunt is nearly exhausted; he faces an uncertain future. As if to highlight his professional shortcomings, he has befriended his neighbor, Sophie Marx, the retired Paris bureau chief of the New York Times. In contrast to his own lack of output, her freelance articles appear at a dizzy pace in the Western worlds best newspapers and magazines.
Sophie has just embarked on a new venture: to chronicle the life of Frances leading right-wing politician. At age 70, she is unable to do the legwork herself, and opts to involve Steven. It is an offer he cant refuse, though he isnt sure her plans meet even his own low moral standards. She wants him to go to the Riviera, where her subjects daughter is spending the summer. And then? He is to follow the guiding light of his golden schwanz (her terminology) and see if he can get close to the father through 19-year-old Nicole. His initial hesitation is quickly overcome by a photograph of this ravishing beauty. How could he have said No anyway: his soul mate, Sophie, will become his protégé and unlock the doors he has not been able to open on his own. Or such is his belief. He accepts, he succeeds and falls deeply in love.
Members Reviews:
The Value of Life
Great story!!! This story could have come straight out of the news this century. The storyline is on target, the characters are believable, and you will automatically choose sides. You love them or you hate them. Great Read for all who love a great mystery.
Five Stars
Great story!!
Would make a great movie
This book was interesting, fast paced, and full of suspense. I couldn't put it down, and I was on the edge of my seat until the last page! I'd love to see this book made into a movie.
Great read!
Wow! Lots of suspense, twists and turns. I loved the characters and the way the plot moved. This would be a great movie....
Just didn't like it
I received a complementary copy of Lacking Virtues in exchange for an honest review. It just wasn't for me. It took far too long to connect the dots and, unlike other readers who reviewed it, I wasn't at all interested in most of the characters. The NTSB plot line was pretty good, but I found the entire French Seduction plot boring. Obviously, others liked it more than me, so I suggest that you keep that in mind when considering the book - it was just not my cup of tea.
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Title: Lacking Virtues
Author: Thomas Kirkwood
Narrator: Edoardo Camponeschi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-20-14
Publisher: Thomas Kirkwood
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Steven LeConte has all the qualities that propel a young man to success. He is bright, handsome, charming . . . the list is long. Yet, at age 27, this scion of a prominent Connecticut family is teaching tennis in Paris. His journalistic aspirations have produced a few dazzling leads but not a single completed article. If he can take pride in one achievement, which he does not, it is the prodigious number of girls he has coaxed from the tennis club into his bed. A small inheritance from his aunt is nearly exhausted; he faces an uncertain future. As if to highlight his professional shortcomings, he has befriended his neighbor, Sophie Marx, the retired Paris bureau chief of the New York Times. In contrast to his own lack of output, her freelance articles appear at a dizzy pace in the Western worlds best newspapers and magazines.
Sophie has just embarked on a new venture: to chronicle the life of Frances leading right-wing politician. At age 70, she is unable to do the legwork herself, and opts to involve Steven. It is an offer he cant refuse, though he isnt sure her plans meet even his own low moral standards. She wants him to go to the Riviera, where her subjects daughter is spending the summer. And then? He is to follow the guiding light of his golden schwanz (her terminology) and see if he can get close to the father through 19-year-old Nicole. His initial hesitation is quickly overcome by a photograph of this ravishing beauty. How could he have said No anyway: his soul mate, Sophie, will become his protégé and unlock the doors he has not been able to open on his own. Or such is his belief. He accepts, he succeeds and falls deeply in love.
Members Reviews:
The Value of Life
Great story!!! This story could have come straight out of the news this century. The storyline is on target, the characters are believable, and you will automatically choose sides. You love them or you hate them. Great Read for all who love a great mystery.
Five Stars
Great story!!
Would make a great movie
This book was interesting, fast paced, and full of suspense. I couldn't put it down, and I was on the edge of my seat until the last page! I'd love to see this book made into a movie.
Great read!
Wow! Lots of suspense, twists and turns. I loved the characters and the way the plot moved. This would be a great movie....
Just didn't like it
I received a complementary copy of Lacking Virtues in exchange for an honest review. It just wasn't for me. It took far too long to connect the dots and, unlike other readers who reviewed it, I wasn't at all interested in most of the characters. The NTSB plot line was pretty good, but I found the entire French Seduction plot boring. Obviously, others liked it more than me, so I suggest that you keep that in mind when considering the book - it was just not my cup of tea.