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Incredible read, and I can only hope to see it as a movie. Most very sincerely, X. Kavanagh This is the ultimate book of love, rejection, revenge, redemption and ultimate reward. I my opinion, this is DeMille's finest work, although it did not achieve critical or sales success for him compared to other titles. DeMille goes beyond putting you there; you actually live the emotion of the struggle taking place. When a book leaves you wondering about life and your own little piece of that grand drama, it has achieved its grand purpose. Spencerville is every small town American's dream of 'if I had it to do all over again.
I highly recommend Spencerville to all readers as the ultimate blending of action, adventure, sex, love and thriller. Few authors are able to achieve the level of superior storylines DeMille does, especially when not relying on characters built up from previous novels. My hat goes off to the master storyteller, Nelson DeMille. If this one doesn't keep you up at night missing sleep, you've got a blood pressure problem. Now I'm not saying every DeMille novel achieves the brilliance of this one--his most recent The Quest being a good example--but for my money, he's the American novelist laureate, and you can always count on him taking you along like you're there with the action.
Small town rivalry leads to decades long war over Annie Prentis. Keith Landry is pushed from government service to retirement and moves back to his rural Ohio hometown of Spencerville, hoping to re-engage his lost love Annie Prentis. The reunion is complicated by her 20 year marriage to the town bully and Police Chief, Cliff Baxter, who has been a rival of Keith's since high school days.
Although young lovers for six years, their romance was interrupted by Keith's draft and subsequent career in the Army, which he keeps mum about. Scorned by Keith's departure, Annie ends up marrying Cliff out of revenge and spends 20 years badly regretting her decision. As her last child departs for college and she is formulating an exit strategy, Keith shows back up in Spencerville and they are drawn to each other like magnetic forces.
They bury the hatchet of prior mistakes and begin extracting vital bodily fluids from each other again. They decide to run away, but their plans are interrupted by Uncle Sam calling Keith back to the fold, which gets him in contact with his former spy boss. When they finally cut and leave, they are tracked by a homing device and Cliff finds them in a Toledo motel and badly beats Keith and snatches Annie. Keith follows them to upper Michigan where Cliff is torturing Annie in recompense, but is ultimately killed by Annie in the showdown. Once again, DeMille has created a book to keep me up all night.
After having read only so-so books for the last couple of weeks, what a pleasure it was to finally pick up a red-hot page-turner. Spencerville is one of his stand-alone books i. Part of artistry he brings to his craft is the ability to create believable three-dimensional characters. That along with a consistent fast pace make r Once again, DeMille has created a book to keep me up all night. That along with a consistent fast pace make reading his books feel like a fun romp through a world of fascinating people ripping through a kaleidoscope of wild rides. Add to that, the narration by Scott Brick and I feel compelled to give it 5 stars.
Jan 28, Tamora Pierce rated it did not like it. Is it just me, or does DeMille really have a problem with women? I read several of his books when he first began publishing and stopped because I didn't like the way he handled his female characters. Then I thought I'd try this one because I was on a trip and desperate for a page-turner, it wasn't one of his military titles, and it took place in small town America.
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I figured it might be okay. Instead the entire ending revolves around the abuse--pages and pages of it--of the errant wife, far more Is it just me, or does DeMille really have a problem with women? Instead the entire ending revolves around the abuse--pages and pages of it--of the errant wife, far more than is necessary to make the point and set up the ending. So now I know he hasn't changed, and I have to ask--is it me, or does the author have some major issues?
Nov 29, Melissa Marlow rated it it was amazing.
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Very detail and could see everything he was explaining to detail. I loved this book so much that I went out and bought three more of his books. It was a very heart wrenching story and at times a little disterbing, but thrilling. He builds and builds till the end and then you can not put it down so you can get to the end.
I like that he didn't use the heroin to fix all the problems, he uses tact to creat the need to finish something. I was satisfied at the end. Read by the ubiquitous Scott Brick Let's see Okay story, nothing new or memorable. Feb 04, Jan rated it it was ok. I picked up this book as it said Nelson DeMille, I normally enjoy his book, this one I had to force myself to read to the end. A military officer, Keith Landry, who is suppose to be in intelligence and works at the White House, is put out to retire. He had not thought of retiring at this time, and the way he was treated by his government has not been good.
He returns to his home town of Spencerville, why?
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Well, it appears years ago, his H. Oh give me a break! You are going back to get to a women who dumped you on the way to fight in Nam, a women, who did not care if you died, no packages from home, no candles lit, what does she do, stays home and marries someone who does not fight for his country, and your suppose to be intelligent! There were no home fires burning for this Vietnam Vet. Onward, she is married to a bully who is screwing everything in town, and is an overbearing crooked Chief of Police, who treats here despicably.
However, she takes it, although she was at one time working on her doctorate, she has now become a door mat! Along comes our Military Officer Keith, who decides he is going to rescue her. Why, because he still loves a person who wrote him a dear John letter. Cutting to the chase, the jerk, Cliff Baxter, Chief of Police, wife of the door mat Ann bullies his way through town, their lives and even burns down Keith's family farm house, kidnaps Ann, his wife, kills a Vietnam Vet and tries to kill Keith. In the meantime the Government want Officer Keith Landry back, why?
He is defiantly playing with a full deck at this time!
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The whole situation becomes a complete mess, with the Government sending in the cleaners, and the Officer and door mat riding off into the sunset. Dec 31, Dennis D. I've enjoyed most of Nelson DeMille 's books, but this one was an exception. Spencerville is a standalone story unrelated to some of the author's recurring characters. Keith Landry is an ex-CIA agent who returns home to the rural Ohio town that gives the books its title. Can you see where this is headed? Overall, I felt DeMille phoned this one in. Jun 02, Perry Mowbray rated it it was ok.
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Spencerville was not one of Nelson DeMille 's best, we didn't think It just never got into the believable realm, which was funny, as in an abstract way the plot made lots of sense, but it just didn't ever get filled out so that it was believable. In the end, though not un-enjoyable we didn't hate it , it just seemed ho-hum Aug 26, Kip rated it liked it.
Another great page-turner from DeMille. His characters and settings are very deep, very rich. You'd swear he grew up in this small town, rural atmosphere. Jan 02, Klusch rated it it was ok. It is not the best written story, but I really enjoyed reading this. Sep 26, Razvan Banciu rated it liked it. I find hard to believe that a fine, bright and civilised young woman would marry such a brute. Mar 03, Kevin Canwell rated it it was amazing.
One of his best. Outcome is totally unpredictable. Hero saved by a savvy woman. Feb 06, Tim rated it liked it. This long novel is 6 of 10 stars. An oldie from one of my favorite authors. Finally got around to it. The main character, Keith Landry, is a military man retiring at a young age in his 40s back to the family farm in the small Ohio town where he grew up. Like many DeMille novels, there is not a whole lot to the plot, even though my edition of this book ran pages.
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Landry is not as funny as other DeMille characters, but he has a very diabolical mind, so he is interesting for that reason. I was really wrapped up in the characters and the story until the last pages, which was a prolonged battle of wits between Landry and the police chief, which would likely result in the survival of one of them at the most. The finish of the book dragged and the outcome was predictable Apr 13, Ron Hefner rated it liked it. The premise is absurd. Reminds me a little of of that old piece of crap, The Bridges of Madison County, but with other aspects.
The book turns into a "chase," with all kinds of twists and turns. The chase aspect kept me reading, even though my suspension of disbelief was totally inoperable. The sociopathic bad guy is a cardboard cutout, a sadistic, wife-abusing small town police chief How many times has this been done? The woman, of course, is basically an appendage of the men. To me, this is mainstream potboiler stuff, but I must admit that the plot kept me reading--even though I wasn't buying the premise.
I'm not that familiar with Nelson Deville. He's not a literary genius, but he's good at plotting. Pretty much the definition of best selling writers nowadays. The book is also over-written, so you can flip through the pages of inane dialog and get on with the story. Jan 09, Virginia Markhart rated it really liked it. This book was amazing. I am not usually a fan of cops and robbers type stuff, but this book captured the complete story. It had it all, including the no good cheating husband who just happened to me the chief of police and related to just about everyone in town.
A long ago romance that still held a flame kept the romance part of the story interesting. High school sweethearts, pfff. This story was riveting in the details. Jan 25, Sam Cromartie rated it it was amazing. Spencerville by Nelson DeMille is the story of a cold-war warrior who leaves government service after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He returns to his hometown and connects with his childhood sweetheart who is trapped in an abusive marriage to the chief of police.
Soon he faces harassment by the entire police force and she fears for her life. DeMille develops the characters well and fills the book with suspense. Feb 03, Greer Andjanetta rated it liked it. A readable story cheapened by the author's fascination with profanity and crude sex. Too many pages are devoted to the syrupy descriptions of the two lovers' feelings of past activities, inserted no doubt to build up the contrast between these two 'good guys' and the malicious, evil bad guy, the local sherrif who happens to be the husband of the female lover.
An interesting portrayal of abuse of power by small-town police one cannot help but think of Jackie Gleason in his 'boy-scout' hat. A retired "spy" returns to his hometown. While there he realizes what drew him there, although his family has relocated. He has unfinished business with an ex-girlfriend. They parted abruptly and now she is married to the chief of police and the chief is a major ass.
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The first mill was erected on the site of the current mill around , by Peleg Spencer. The first mill is thought to have closed in , when it disappeared from maps and records. By the s, David Spencer began to expand his operation, adding a carding and fulling mill to the north bank of the river. In , a fire destroyed all three of the mills. In , the building was gutted by fire and the interior was reconstructed within the original walls. The mill changed hands several times between the s and In , the Barnard family became in possession of the mill, who held onto it until its closure operating it as a grist mill.
While operated by the Barnards, the mill underwent several upgrades: The mill was purchased by the South Nation Conservation Authority in and is presently owned and cared for by the Spencerville Mill Foundation which is a volunteer organization. The Spencerville Fair is an annual event, organized by the Spencerville Agricultural Society, which takes place on the second weekend in September.
In , the agricultural society was established, and the first fair was organized and held a year later in The fair has been held in the same location since the second annual fair, off of Sloan and Ryan Street. Into the s, the fair began to offer events and entertainment unrelated to agriculture in addition to its agricultural events. Other events and attractions vary from year to year, but in recent years have included helicopter rides, petting zoos, and a blacksmith. The event celebrates old-fashioned Christmas or winter traditions. Events vary from year to year, but include horse-drawn carriage rides, family skating, and craft shows.
Beginning in June , Spencerville also began hosting another new annual event, the Veterans Memorial Highland Games, featuring highland games, piping and drumming and other events. The village of Spencerville is currently home to an elementary school, a public library, a Canada Post outlet, a restaurant, laundromat, two general stores, a gas bar that offers Beer Store and Liquor Control Board of Ontario LCBO products, a Royal Bank branch, Lyndon Marshall Auction House, a home heating and cooling dealer, a heritage restoration and construction business, a mechanic's garage, a small engine repair shop, an insurance company, a computer store, a funeral home, senior-living apartments, a Royal Canadian Legion branch and several home-based businesses.
In addition, a Home Hardware franchise is located just outside the village limits. Spencerville also has an arena that hosts minor league hockey tournaments from across Ontario, and also offers public skating.. The land for the arena was donated by the Spencerville Agricultural Society and the arena was constructed by volunteers.
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