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A Farmhouse in the Rain Kindle Edition

by Joe Kilgore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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A Farmhouse in the Rain is a novel of war and peace, crime and punishment, love and loss, and eventually hope. It's a saga of three American soldiers and the women they love - before, during, and after World War II. During the war, the three are given shelter by a French woman. The next morning she is found dead and the trio realize they were the only ones in the house. While the three must continue to fight, the questions remain: Who will survive the peace? Who will unite with the love they left behind? And who will be unmasked as the murderer on that fateful night at A Farmhouse in the Rain.
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    409 pages
  2. Language
    English
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  4. Publisher
    Top Hat Books
  5. Publication date
    August 26, 2016
  6. File size
    2927 KB
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Net Galley: This war time saga is really good. Dramatic and expertly written it is a story with many threads running through it. Love, secrets and a mystery with a lot of historical facts. I was hooked. The characters are amazingly portrayed and with a twist that I didn't see at all. Onlinebookclub.org says A Farmhouse In The Rain is not only a story of war, but also one of peace and the strength of love. It balanced every element so well and with such honesty, describing the lives affected by war without glorifying it.Midwest Book Review calls A Farmhouse In The Rain "a compelling page-turner of a read and highly recommended for community library General Fiction collections."Lily Shadowily at The Faerie Review says, "Family, friends, lovers, all join to make a moving masterpiece that readers will be unable to put down. I highly recommend this for anyone who loves historical fiction, mysteries, drama, and star-crossed lovers."The US Review says, "Kilgore has penned a well-written book with an almost Shakespearian feel to it. Filled with suspense, sacrifice, and subplots that interlock smoothly, the author's dark chronicle of lives bound together by fate is a solid addition to the WW II thriller genre."Pacific Book Review writes, "With a sophisticated storyline and characters that bring it to life, A Farmhouse In The Rain is a well-mapped, well-managed mystery. At every moment in this romance and action laden mystery, you know that capable hands are at the wheel."

About the Author

Joe Kilgore is the author of over twenty short stories and three novels. In addition, Joe also reviews books professionally. Before turning to fiction, he had a long and successful career with international advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather. Joe lives and writes in Austin, Texas.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01ICAI99I
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Top Hat Books (August 26, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2927 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 409 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1785354345
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Joe Kilgore

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Joe is an award-winning writer of novels, novellas, screenplays and short stories. His stories have been published in magazines, creative journals, anthologies, and online literary publications. One of them was honored by the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library. A collection of his short stories was recently published by Encircle Publications. Joe is the author of six published novels, one novella, and has won awards for original screenplays as well. In addition, he also writes professionally for national and international book review companies. Joe's wife, Claudia, is an accomplished artist. They live in Austin, Texas with a dog, multiple cats, and other animals that always seem to be wandering by. You can read more about Joe and his fiction at his website: https://joekilgore.com

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Rabid Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Novel of the Second World War
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2017
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I loved everything about this book. It was well-written and edited, the characters well-drawn and believable. It is the kind of book that makes the reader keep turning the pages to find out how it is all going to end and the climax did not disappoint. I recommend it, highly.
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Elliot Eden
3.0 out of 5 stars Better than I thought but the ending was too melodramatic ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
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Better than I thought but the ending was too melodramatic Although everyone they knew and loved was dead they lived happily ever after.
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Robert J. Ruttenberg
4.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
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A very creative story
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Hernandez Jorge
5.0 out of 5 stars two huge thumbs up
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016
AWESOMENESS book award! lol. A history mystery, written as tho the writer was alongside these 3 main characters overseas in WW2. Three individuals who sign up to serve their country, each for their own particular reason. The best part of the book in my opinion was the emergence of personalities as the chapters flowed by....excellently done.

OK, so. Given overnight refuge by a French woman, they awaken to find her brutally murdered. Just the 3 of them in her home.....who done did it??!! A nightmare with questions that stays with each soldier.
The huge twist was a contributor to the 'awesomeness' and i was turning pages so quickly that there are chocolate finger stains all over pages.... Yup, that good.
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Réal Laplaine
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended. A taunting and compelling read...
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2017
A Farmhouse in the Rain, by Joe Kilgore, is unquestionably a five star piece of writing. A story about dreams, aspirations, love, war, unbroken romance and the darker side of human vengeance and cowardly and debased criminality. It is a novel that has it all - appealing to the human spirit on every level. The story is character-driven, while thematically holding the reader to the very last page. The quality of the writing is excellent and shows that the author not only commands the English language, but has a flair for metaphors and descriptive allegory. In spite of the fact that the first half of the story takes place during the later-part of World War II, it is not a grim or violent read - but rather, the story of several young men, each from different worlds, who come together under the hand of war, who survive by their wits and who find themselves leaving the war zone with a horrible and haunting secret. From there, the author does a wonderful job of showing how, in the post-war years, they fare in life and love, and how, by the most unpredictable of circumstances, their paths cross once again. A few lines are worthy of mention here, because they show the color and depth of the prose the author uses throughout the story.
"The curving coastline of California mountains reached toward the rocky shores of Big Sur like knuckles on the hand of God."
"The rumble of engines was only slightly louder than the beating hearts of the men inside the planes."
It was as if the heavens were having a good cry, and all beneath its falling tears would simply have to deal with it."
Highly recommended. A taunting and compelling read that will remind you that people are connected in ways which are not entirely explicable - and possibly that love is the most powerful force in the world.
This review is also available at International Writers Inspiring Change
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