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What would you do if you lost your identity?

What’s it really like to have your identity robbed from you? In William Boyd’s Ordinary Thunderstorms, it’s evident that your life can change fast….too fast….if this unfortunate happening finds you.

Ordinary Thunderstorms is a tense crime drama set in the streets (and understreets) of London. There is no “warming up” and getting set up into the story. By the time the first chapter ends, you are thrust head-first into a harrowing and devastating situation along with the main character, Adam Kindred, a self-respecting climatologist.

A chance meeting of a stranger and then, moments later, the witness of that stranger’s post-murder scene (and subsequent death), plunges Kindred into a place where he really does not want to be. Yet he’s going…he has to…and his journey into safety takes him straight into hiding, namely, into the underground of the European city.

He is moved effortlessly from a place of status and security to somewhere he’s never been…even to the point of begging for basic needs. He has lost everything he’s worked for….even the basic rights of every human being. He comes across a varied flock of unusual and eclectic characters as he travels on to a seemingly unknown point.

The story touches on the corruption of large pharmaceutical firms, the dishonesty that looms and the secretive games that are played within the darkest shadows of the corporate world.

I found this book enjoyable to read, like most other crime dramas I’ve read, yet it felt a little slow at times. I did enjoy learning more about a part of the world that I don’t know much about, as well as getting a very different perspective from a “man on the run” than is usually seen.

You can order Boyd’s novel Ordinary Thunderstorms from HarperCollins for $26.99, or look for it wherever new books are sold.

Win it! Courtesy of HarperCollins, one of you can win your very own copy of William Boyd’s Ordinary Thunderstorms to read & enjoy.

Here’s how to enter:

1) MANDATORY: Comment below with another HarperCollins title you’d love to get lost in.
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I’ll close this contest next Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 11pm EST. Sorry; US entries only. Good luck!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

Congratulations to commenter #66, Heather!

FTC info — Disclaimer: I received this product for free for review purposes; however, my review was honest and my opinions are my own. I only received the product itself; I received no other monetary compensation for this review. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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Another HarperCollins book I would love to sink my teeth into is: Pirate Latitudes
by Michael Crichton!
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I would like to read Gator A-Go-Go by Tim Dorsey

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I would also like to read The Economics of Integrity:From Dairy Farmers to Toyota, How Wealth Is Built on Trust and What That Means for Our Future by Anna Bernasek.
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I’d like to read A Devil to Play

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Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich looks interesting. Thanks.

“The 10 Things You Need to Eat”
By Anahad O’Connor, Dave Lieberman

Would love to read LOTS of these books!

Looks like an interesting book!
I’d like to read Not Without Hope…

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This book looks great, but I would also love to get lost in The Maria Korp Case: The Woman In The Boot Story, by Carly Crawford

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There are so many. I think I’d go with Among the Great Apes.

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I’d like to read First Drop of Crimson.

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I’d like to read Horns by Joe Hill. Actually, there are so many I’d like to read!

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I would like to read Hush by Kate White.
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The Pioneer Woman Cooks is on my “to read” list. Also The Lacuna is a GREAT book if anybody’s looking for a recommendation!

Brava Valentine sounds like another good read.
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this one sounds great http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061725371&biWidgetID=10020&pid=00000000&WT.mc_id=00000000__10020 The fifth servant

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I’d like to read The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver.

I’d love to read Black Magic Sanction
By Kim Harrison.

i want to read a devil to play!

I’d like to read The 10 Things You Need to Eat By Anahad O’Connor, Dave Lieberman. Thanks.

I would also love to read The Breach By Patrick Lee

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I would love to read Horns by Joe Hill.

Too many great books to chose from to have an out and out favorite but ‘Hot for Words’ caught my eye and could be helpful when doing writing of my own.

the alchemist looks good

“Hornito” by Mike Albo!

I’d like to read House Made of Dawn
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I’d like to read If You Have to Cry, Go Outside.
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The 10 Things You Need to Eat

I would like to read The Maria Korp Case: The Woman In The Boot Story

I’d also like The Lacuna
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I would like to read: “Before I Fall”

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The New York Times Passover Cookbook by Linda Amster sounds very interesting!

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I’d love to get lost in Amber Beach by Elizabeth Lowell.

I would love to get lost in Brava, Valentine.

I would like to read Brava, Valentine
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I would love to read So Much for That by Lionel Shriver!

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