The Longest Night

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: The hero of this story Mouse Weiss,a hit man for legendary
mafia leader Meyer Lansky,messes up a hit on a rival of Lansky's.
Lansky has to get him out of town so he cannot be identified.
Lansky is approached by a group of Dutch Jews to help them rescue Jews being shipped to concentration camps and their deaths.They want Lansky to provide muscle and cash to rescue a
train of Jews and call attention to their plight.Lansky volunteer
the services of Mouse Weiss and puts up $100,000 to finacne their
mission.Weiss joins forces with some incredible characters to
steal this train.One of the main characters that he meets is Reka
whom he falls for.Mouse originally intended to steal the $100,000
and flee.His plan is thwarted and he has to carry out his mission.He ends up showing character and bravery.This is a very good book that you will enjoy.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Read...Fast Action
Review: I saw this book in the local library and picked it up to read the inside jacket. Seemed interesting. Took it home and read it in two days. Couldn't put it down. Starts out a little slow, but picks up quickly. A great read.

Rating:
Summary: Very entertaining
Review: In 1943 American hit man, Leonard "Mouse" Weiss knows he is fortunate to still b alive as he botched up his last assignment by allowing a witness to survive. Brooklyn Jewish crime boss Meyer Lansky knows that Mouse has been a loyal employee for years, but must make an example to others that failure is unacceptable, but does not want to have his man killed yet he cannot have him hang around the town.

Instead, he decides to give Mouse a second chance when Danish Jews contact the mob boss for help. To make a case for world intervention, they need money and weapons to seize a train carrying Dutch Jews to certain deaths. Mouse will make the drop, but the New York thug, who considered absconding with the loot, finds he wants to help the resistance to the atrocities, but also lands in trouble in which failure means the deaths of not just him and the innocents are involved.

This terse historical thriller is similar to Jeffrey Deaver's Garden of the Beasts with its hitman hero but has its own delicious flavoring being seven years later and outside Germany. Mouse, a terrific antihero turning into the people's champion, mostly tells the tale so that the audience can see his emotions running the gamut including horror of the atrocities. He makes the action-packed story line with his stunned horrific look at the state sponsored terrorism that gripped Europe during WW II.

Harriet Klausner