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Customs Violation
Book by Janice Weber
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
About the author
Janice Weber
14 books10 followersJanice Weber is the author of Meat Cove, a geopolitical thriller introducing Constable Fundy Sutherland, a former JTF 2 sniper turned Mountie. Kirkus Reviews praised it as a crime drama with a winning combination of thrills, defeats, and hard earned victories. It is her eighth novel.
Weber's earlier novel Frost the Fiddler was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and has twice been optioned for film and television, including by Lavender Ulin Productions. Her work has drawn comparisons to Mark Twain, Harold Pinter, and Robert Ludlum. Her debut, The Secret Life of Eva Hathaway, remains a cult favorite, an early, genre defining entry in what would later be called chick lit.
Before turning to fiction full time, Weber built a parallel career as a concert pianist, performing at Carnegie Hall, the White House, and Symphony Hall Boston. With Meat Cove, set against the rugged coast of Cape Breton, she brings that same precision to geopolitical suspense.
Weber lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Weber's earlier novel Frost the Fiddler was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and has twice been optioned for film and television, including by Lavender Ulin Productions. Her work has drawn comparisons to Mark Twain, Harold Pinter, and Robert Ludlum. Her debut, The Secret Life of Eva Hathaway, remains a cult favorite, an early, genre defining entry in what would later be called chick lit.
Before turning to fiction full time, Weber built a parallel career as a concert pianist, performing at Carnegie Hall, the White House, and Symphony Hall Boston. With Meat Cove, set against the rugged coast of Cape Breton, she brings that same precision to geopolitical suspense.
Weber lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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September 22, 2013
The story of a customs officer who flips out after his feminist vet girlfriend dumps him. Finding a recipe for floyd-wurst made in his home of his father, he's determined to make it.
He contacts an old friend of his mother's who conducts a cooking school in Switzerland. There he meets the girlfriend, his ex-lover, some crazy woman who're enrolled in the school. It's a wonderfully funny work. A definite read when you're down or any time at all.
He contacts an old friend of his mother's who conducts a cooking school in Switzerland. There he meets the girlfriend, his ex-lover, some crazy woman who're enrolled in the school. It's a wonderfully funny work. A definite read when you're down or any time at all.
February 23, 2013
Wonderful book - a little dated now, and keeping the big cast of characters straight is a little tough now and then. But overall, a great premise, amazing dialogue, interesting characters. Definitely one of my top 10 faves, highly recommended.
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