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Missing Pieces: a novel of the Balkans
Missing Pieces, a semi-finalist in the 2019 Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction, is a suspense novel set in 1998 Croatia. At its core it is a story of survival, reminiscent of the novels of Eric Ambler and John Buchan where the protagonist, who appears at first to be relatively ordinary, is drawn into a mystery she/he only barely comprehends. The amateur, thrown into the right circumstances, can react with imagination and courage in equal measure, to beat the professionals at their own game.
The setting of the Balkans highlights the fact that no matter how deeply buried, there lies the destructive nature of hatred that may rise to the surface without any warning. The conflicts of the Yugoslav war and the centuries old conflicts between Croats, Muslims and Christians, as well as the network of burgeoning terrorist groups, was an omen in 1998 of what would become a reality in 2001 and beyond.
The setting of the Balkans highlights the fact that no matter how deeply buried, there lies the destructive nature of hatred that may rise to the surface without any warning. The conflicts of the Yugoslav war and the centuries old conflicts between Croats, Muslims and Christians, as well as the network of burgeoning terrorist groups, was an omen in 1998 of what would become a reality in 2001 and beyond.
175 pages, Paperback
Published September 25, 2019
About the author
Thomas De Angelo
7 books5 followers"An engrossing, haunting story... reminiscent of classic espionage traditions." — Kirkus Reviews
"The author has a clear talent for rendering action sequences, dialogue, and description. The story unfolds at a steady pace, holding the reader's interest, and his storytelling abilities are top-notch. He does a superb job creating a unique scenario in a creative captivating way." -Publishers Weekly
I am the author of Missing Pieces: a Novel of the Balkans, a historical suspense novel set in 1998 Croatia. My novel was a Semi-Finalist in the 2019 Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction,
Another of my novels, Between the Sword and the Wall: a novel of WW I, is set in 1914-15 during a period in World War I when it seemed the fighting would never end.
The Historical Novel Society said of my novel, "In only a little more than 100 pages, De Angelo manages to create as richly believable an atmosphere of WWI-era German-occupied Belgium as many novels have failed to do at three times the length.--Historical Novel Society
"The author has a clear talent for rendering action sequences, dialogue, and description. The story unfolds at a steady pace, holding the reader's interest, and his storytelling abilities are top-notch. He does a superb job creating a unique scenario in a creative captivating way." -Publishers Weekly
I am the author of Missing Pieces: a Novel of the Balkans, a historical suspense novel set in 1998 Croatia. My novel was a Semi-Finalist in the 2019 Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction,
Another of my novels, Between the Sword and the Wall: a novel of WW I, is set in 1914-15 during a period in World War I when it seemed the fighting would never end.
The Historical Novel Society said of my novel, "In only a little more than 100 pages, De Angelo manages to create as richly believable an atmosphere of WWI-era German-occupied Belgium as many novels have failed to do at three times the length.--Historical Novel Society
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