The StainlessSteel Rat joins the Circus.
Author - Harry Harrison.
The Hero or Anti Hero of the series of stainlesssteel rat books is Jim DiGriz.
He was born or rather created in 1961 and has appeared on book shelves ever since.
The richest man in the galaxy, Imperitrix Von Kaiser Czarski, Hires Jim and his wife Angelina to investigate and if possible to catch the criminals behind several bank robberies.
Jim, his wife and their son, James, find a common link to each robbery in that every time a bank has been robbed a Circus has been very near by.
Jim hires a retired magician, 'The Great Grissini' to teach him some tricks and then joins the circus pretending to be a magician!
As is the ilk with the 'rat' stories, there then follows some odd, fast paced and improbable adventures where Jim faces death, is conned, double ...
Advantages: good yarn Disadvantages: Not bad read for a one off read
The StainlessSteel Rat joins the Circus.
Aseries of books following Jim DiGriz who some think a hero whilst other a villian.
Another tale in the saga of The Stainlesssteel rat series. here is Jim DiGriz. is brought in to investigate a series of puzzling bank robberies. He brings his wife and son in on the investigation and soon the family team are deep in weird and wonderful worlds of villains and plots and sub plots.
The bank robberies all have a common theme, there is always a circus around during the thefts.
They infiltrate the circus and soon are in mortal danger, but all is not what it seems and their employer has secrets that may also put their lives in jeopardy.
Very fast paced book that fair flies along and never slackens right up until the surprising ending.
Well written ...
Advantages: A read when you want something easy to digest. Disadvantages: Flawed by Perfectionism.
a fictional place, and she does it well, although I would not rate her amongst great writers, more well publicised writers and ones who know what sells.
After the arrest of Ariana by the Reich, she goes through experiences that can only be imagined by the reader, and Danielle Steele made a pretty good job of detail. You do get pulled into feeling sorry for the herione and saddened by World War history and the lives that it affected. Ariana starts to work as a cook for a German Nazi Officer. Now here, I was less than convinced that love could put aside the hatred that must have been all too apparent during these horrific times. Would it really be likely that a young beautiful female would fall in love with one of the killers of her family ? I am not too convinced with this part of the story, although Danielle Steel makes it work.
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