The Girl in Green
Jun 2020 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
5.0star
1 reviewreport
Ebook
354
Pages
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
"A compelling combination of literate storytelling and action-packed thriller laced with humor." — Library Journal (starred review)
Finalist for the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year
1991: One hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones in part to avoid his lackluster marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Arwood is an American private who might be an insufferable ignoramus or might be a genuine lunatic with a death wish—it's hard to tell. Desert Storm is over, peace has been declared, but as they argue about whether it makes sense to cross the nearest border in search of an ice cream, they become embroiled in a horrific attack in which a young local girl in a green dress is killed as they are trying to protect her.
The two men walk away into their respective lives. But something has cracked for them both. Twenty-two years later, in another place, in another war, they meet again and are offered an unlikely opportunity to redeem themselves when that same girl in green is found alive and in need of salvation. Or is she?
"Swift, gripping, and mined with surprises...Arwood Hobbes is as intriguing an operative as Graham Greene's quiet American, but without the quiet."—David Shafer, author of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
"[A] stellar, electrifying story with a knockout ending."— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A penetrating, poetic, and unexpectedly disarming book about the ageless conflict in the Middle East."— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A Catch-22 for the twenty-first century."—Madison Smartt Bell, National Book Award finalist and author of All Souls' Rising
Finalist for the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year
1991: One hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones in part to avoid his lackluster marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Arwood is an American private who might be an insufferable ignoramus or might be a genuine lunatic with a death wish—it's hard to tell. Desert Storm is over, peace has been declared, but as they argue about whether it makes sense to cross the nearest border in search of an ice cream, they become embroiled in a horrific attack in which a young local girl in a green dress is killed as they are trying to protect her.
The two men walk away into their respective lives. But something has cracked for them both. Twenty-two years later, in another place, in another war, they meet again and are offered an unlikely opportunity to redeem themselves when that same girl in green is found alive and in need of salvation. Or is she?
"Swift, gripping, and mined with surprises...Arwood Hobbes is as intriguing an operative as Graham Greene's quiet American, but without the quiet."—David Shafer, author of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
"[A] stellar, electrifying story with a knockout ending."— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A penetrating, poetic, and unexpectedly disarming book about the ageless conflict in the Middle East."— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A Catch-22 for the twenty-first century."—Madison Smartt Bell, National Book Award finalist and author of All Souls' Rising
Ratings and reviews
5.0
1 review
About the author
Derek Miller was educated at Georgetown, Oxford, and Geneva, and has worked on international peace and security for think tanks, diplomatic missions, and the United Nations. The Girl in Green is Derek's second novel after the international and award-winning Norwegian by Night.Will Damron has won several Earphones Awards and been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He has had acting roles off-Broadway and on stage and screen throughout the country.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
