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Aug 11, 2017Rharper17 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A Man In Uniform by Kate Taylor is an engrossing period piece crime novel that has an absorbing story of spies, murder, and deceit associated with the Captain Alfred Dreyfus affair in Paris in the late 1800’s. Fictional characters realistically portrayed for that time come together to create a fascinating story surrounding a real event. It took me a couple of chapters to get into the flow of the book, but once the pace picked up I was hooked and finished the novel fairly quickly as it is an easy read. Yes there are some contrivances in the novel but entertaining nonetheless! I found this book by accident. I was reading a review of “Dunkirk” written by Kate Taylor and noticed she was an author so I decided to pick up her book and was pleasantly surprised. This novel could have easily been made into a “Film Noir” in the 40’s and with the right cast and director along with a good adaptation would have rivaled “Casa Blanca or the Maltese Falcon,” (Which had some of their own contrivances as well and yet still very entertaining). A nice story that is mostly plausible.