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Title: Not World War II, But Stolen Lobster Mystery
Review: This mystery is very weak, with historical misinformation thrown in to make the premise blievable. Though about where to find a long lost Rooselvelt-Hitler letter at the begging, it quickly turns into who is stealing lobsters from ocean traps. The majority of the novel revolves around this lobster mystery. To bolster hisory, the author shows his ignorance by incorrectly bringing in two (2) historical inaccuracies: Radio Free Europe was founded in 1949 with a first broadcast on 4 July 1950 to Czechoslovakia, not 1945 as he says; Joseph Goebbels was never in the military because of his club foot, therefore he was not a General as the author says. He was the Propagamda Minister for the Third Reich (and a very good one.) My biggest complaint is the very short chapters (mostly 2--3 pages, which comes out to 80 chapters for 229 pages!) I believe this author needs to take college creative writing courses.
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