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Author: Jonathan Stone
Genre: Thriller, Contemporary Fiction
Length: 284 pages
Published: 2014
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Brief Synopsis: (Taken from Goodreads) Forty years’ accumulation of art, antiques, and family photographs are more than just objects for Stanley Peke—they are proof of a life fully lived. A life he could have easily lost long ago.
When a con man steals his houseful of possessions in a sophisticated moving-day scam, Peke wanders helplessly through his empty New England home, inevitably reminded of another helpless time: decades in Peke’s past, a cold and threadbare Stanislaw Shmuel Pecoskowitz eked out a desperate existence in the war-torn Polish countryside, subsisting on scraps and dodging Nazi soldiers. Now, the seventy-two-year-old Peke—who survived, came to America, and succeeded—must summon his original grit and determination to track down the thieves, retrieve his things, and restore the life he made for himself.
Peke and his wife, Rose, trace the path of the thieves’ truck across America, to the wilds of Montana, and to an ultimate, chilling confrontation with not only the thieves but also with Peke’s brutal, unresolved past.
My Review:
When a con man steals his houseful of possessions in a sophisticated moving-day scam, Peke wanders helplessly through his empty New England home, inevitably reminded of another helpless time: decades in Peke’s past, a cold and threadbare Stanislaw Shmuel Pecoskowitz eked out a desperate existence in the war-torn Polish countryside, subsisting on scraps and dodging Nazi soldiers. Now, the seventy-two-year-old Peke—who survived, came to America, and succeeded—must summon his original grit and determination to track down the thieves, retrieve his things, and restore the life he made for himself.
Peke and his wife, Rose, trace the path of the thieves’ truck across America, to the wilds of Montana, and to an ultimate, chilling confrontation with not only the thieves but also with Peke’s brutal, unresolved past.
My Review:
I give this book a 5 out of 5.
Amazon Prime's "Kindle First" program is pretty neat. You get offered the chance to get one of four books for free the month before the book is officially published. That's where I found Moving Day. I probably wouldn't have looked twice at this book before looking over the selections for April. But the description made me want to read it. And I'm glad I did.
It's well written, descriptive but not overly descriptive, and intriguing. And you know when the main character manages to track down his belongings and gain them back that the book is not over - that there is more to the adventure and that a final showdown will take place with the thief who took Peke's things in the first place.
The author leaves enough of Peke's past a mystery that you keep reading hoping to tease out another little tidbit. By the end, you know everything, as Peke comes full circle to the seven year old boy he was.
The last several chapters are rather chilling, but it's definitely well worth the read.
You can purchase Moving Day: A Thriller through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Amazon Prime's "Kindle First" program is pretty neat. You get offered the chance to get one of four books for free the month before the book is officially published. That's where I found Moving Day. I probably wouldn't have looked twice at this book before looking over the selections for April. But the description made me want to read it. And I'm glad I did.
It's well written, descriptive but not overly descriptive, and intriguing. And you know when the main character manages to track down his belongings and gain them back that the book is not over - that there is more to the adventure and that a final showdown will take place with the thief who took Peke's things in the first place.
The author leaves enough of Peke's past a mystery that you keep reading hoping to tease out another little tidbit. By the end, you know everything, as Peke comes full circle to the seven year old boy he was.
The last several chapters are rather chilling, but it's definitely well worth the read.
You can purchase Moving Day: A Thriller through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Have you read Moving Day: A Thriller? If so, leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
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