The Girl from Berlin: Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart Series, Book 5
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In the newest novel from internationally-bestselling author Ronald. H. Balson, Liam and Catherine come to the aid of an old friend and are drawn into a property dispute in Tuscany that unearths long-buried secrets
An old friend calls Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart to his famous Italian restaurant to enlist their help. His aunt is being evicted from her home in the Tuscan hills by a powerful corporation claiming they own the deeds, even though she can produce her own set of deeds to her land. Catherine and Liam's only clue is a bound handwritten manuscript, entirely in German, and hidden in its pages is a story long-forgotten...
Ada Baumgarten was born in Berlin in 1918, at the end of the war. The daughter of an accomplished first-chair violinist in the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, and herself a violin prodigy, Ada's life was full of the rich culture of Berlin's interwar society. She formed a deep attachment to her childhood friend Kurt, but they were torn apart by the growing unrest as her Jewish family came under suspicion. As the tides of history turned, it was her extraordinary talent that would carry her through an unraveling society turned to war, and make her a target even as it saved her, allowing her to move to Bologna—though Italy was not the haven her family had hoped, and further heartache awaited.
What became of Ada? How is she connected to the conflicting land deeds of a small Italian villa? As they dig through the layers of lies, corruption, and human evil, Catherine and Liam uncover an unfinished story of heart, redemption, and hope—the ending of which is yet to be written.
Don't miss Liam and Catherine's lastest adventures in The Girl from Berlin!
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Ronald H. Balson. (2018). The Girl from Berlin: Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ronald H. Balson. 2018. The Girl From Berlin: Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ronald H. Balson, The Girl From Berlin: Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ronald H. Balson. The Girl From Berlin: Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.
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An old friend calls Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart to his famous Italian restaurant to enlist their help. His aunt is being evicted from her home in the Tuscan hills by a powerful corporation claiming they own the deeds, even though she can produce her own set of deeds to her land. Catherine and Liam's only clue is a bound handwritten manuscript, entirely in German, and hidden in its pages is a story long-forgotten...
Ada Baumgarten was born in Berlin in 1918, at the end of the war. The daughter of an accomplished first-chair violinist in the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, and herself a violin prodigy, Ada's life was full of the rich culture of Berlin's interwar society. She formed a deep attachment to her childhood friend Kurt, but they were torn apart by the growing unrest as her Jewish family came under suspicion. As the tides of history turned, it was her extraordinary talent that would carry her through an unraveling society turned to war, and make her a target even as it saved her, allowing her to move to Bologna—though Italy was not the haven her family had hoped, and further heartache awaited.
What became of Ada? How is she connected to the conflicting land deeds of a small Italian villa? As they dig through the layers of lies, corruption, and human evil, Catherine and Liam uncover an unfinished story of heart, redemption, and hope—the ending of which is yet to be written.
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- source: Alyson Richman, international bestselling author of The Lost Wife
- content: "Ron Balson never disappoints with his rich, historical thrillers. Woven with research and detail, The Girl from Berlin is not to be missed."
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- source: Jane Healey, author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club
- content: "Ron Balson's masterful historical novel The Girl from Berlin illustrates how crimes buried in the past can reverberate across future generations. In this story, the powerhouse duo of attorney Catherine Lockhart and investigator Liam Taggart must travel to Italy to solve a mystery that somehow ties an elderly women in Tuscany who is about to lose her beloved vineyard, with a Jewish violin prodigy in 1930's Berlin during Hitler's rise. This is a fascinating, fast-paced dual-narrative that I could not put down. It is a heart-wrenching story of survival, hope and, ultimately, redemption that is sure to thrill current fans of Balson's novels and create many new ones!"
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Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggert, the wife/husband, attorney/private investigator team from Balson's previous novels (Karolina's Twins; Once We Were Brothers), are asked by a friend to help his octogenarian Aunt Gabi retain control of her house and property in Italy. As with the previous titles, there is a World War II Holocaust backstory, this time involving Jewish child prodigy violinist Ada Baumgarten and her family's persecution by the Nazis in 1930s Berlin. The present-day narrative revolves around the supposedly ineffective (i.e., not in the chain of title ownership) deed that Gabi holds to the property where she's lived her entire life. Catherine smells a rat after meeting with Gabi's Italian lawyers, who appear to have been paid for less-than-careful research, and vows to get to the bottom of the dispute and prove Gabi's rights to the land. VERDICT Balson's many fans will thoroughly enjoy this new addition to the series, which continues the earlier novels' dynamic plotting, compelling characters, and back-and-forth between-eras action. Newcomers will find the portrayal of the plight of the Jews of Central Europe leading up to and during World War II an unvarnished testament to the ugly truth.--Vicki Gregory, Sch. of Information, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa
Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Today's political and cultural environment is frighteningly mirrored in Balson's thought-provoking look at one young woman's battle to survive the encroachment of Nazi ideology and the Holocaust. Ada Baumgarten is a talented violinist; her success and love of family sustain her during dark times, and her talent enables freedoms that are denied other Jews. Ada's engrossing story is told in alternating chapters with that of another strong woman, Catherine Lockhart, an American lawyer who, along with private investigator Liam Taggart, travels to Italy in the present to help resolve a dispute over a vineyard's ownership and soon becomes involved in a web of corruption and long-suppressed evil. How these plot strands are related unfolds over the course of a novel that will at first make readers wonder why a Nazi is being portrayed sympathetically. Readers may also notice a few spots in which characters relate historical facts to one another in an artificial way. However, those who persevere will find this mix of historical fiction, melodrama, and WWII thriller a memorable and satisfying read, and one to try after Jodi Picoult's The Storyteller?.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
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