A Stranger in the Family (Hardcover)

from kp9949

I have read many of this author's books and thoroughly enjoyed most of them. This one seemed a little confusing at times but it was readable. A good read but not a great one. Peter Novello was kidnapped at the age of 3 on a holiday visit to Italy with his family then adopted by a couple from Scot...

from JackieBlem

British writer Robert Barnard is a heavy weight in mystery fiction. He has a closet full of awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement in mystery writing. In this book, a young man is aware of the fact that he is adopted. However, it's in his adoptive mother's dyi...

from picardyrose

Nazis AND the Mafia -- well, you don't get that every day.

from smik

After the death of his adoptive mother Kit Philipson decides to contact his birth mother to see what she can tell him about how he came to be adopted. By the time he meets her Kit knows that he was abducted while on holiday with his family at the age of 3. His welcome by his birth mother is effus...

from TerryWeyna

Robert Barnard has written more than 40 mysteries in his distinguished career, and has never once failed to turn out a beautifully written novel that tells an engaging story. Much like Jane Austen's works, Barnard's stories can be likened to ivory miniatures: precise, lovely, detailed. And like A...