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Peter May
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What happened to Jacques Gaillard? The brilliant teacher at the École Nationale d’Administration, who trained some of France’s best and brightest as future prime ministers and presidents, vanished ten years ago, presumably from Paris. This ten-year-old mystery inspires a bet—one that Enzo Macleod, a biologist teaching in Toulouse, France, instead of pursuing a brilliant career in forensics back home in Scotland, can ill afford to lose. The wager is that Enzo can find out what happened to Jacques Gaillard by applying new science to a cold case.
Enzo goes to Paris to meet journalist Roger Raffin, the author of a book on seven celebrated unsolved murders, the assumption being that Gaillard is dead. He needs Raffin’s notes, and armed with these, he begins his quest. It quickly has him touring landmarks such as the Paris catacombs and a château in Champagne, digging up relics and bones. Then Enzo finds the actual head of Jacques Gaillard. The artifacts buried with the skull set him to interpreting the clues they provide and following in someone’s footsteps—maybe more than one someone—seeking the rest of Gaillard’s remains and reviewing some ancient and recent history. As with any quest, it’s as much discovery as detection, and Enzo, despite all his missteps, proves to be an ace investigator, scientific and intuitive, who definitely meets his goals.
Peter May is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. He has won several literary awards for his novels.
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London is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. Construction is brought to a sudden halt when a leather holdall containing the bones of a child is unearthed from the rubble. A psychopath has been unleashed on the city; his mission is to take all measures necessary to prevent the bones from being identified. But why are he and his handlers determined to go to such murderous lengths to hide the origins of the body?
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Murder case not a “pandemic” story
- By Lindsay S. Nixon on 05-14-20
By: Peter May
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A Winter Grave
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice. Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate a murder case so far from his beat. Brodie must face up to the ghosts of his past and to a killer determined to bury forever the chilling secret that his investigation threatens to expose.
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Futuristic stories not my thinh
- By LouA on 03-28-23
By: Peter May
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Entry Island
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
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When a murder rocks the isolated community of Entry Island, insomniac homicide detective Sime Mackenzie boards a light aircraft at St. Hubert airfield bound for the small, scattered chain of Madeline Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as part of an eight-officer investigation team from Montréal. Only two kilometers wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of just more than 100 inhabitants, the wealthiest of whom has just been discovered murdered in his home.
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Enjoyable once I adjusted my expectations
- By Janice on 05-07-16
By: Peter May
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The Firemaker
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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A grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the case. The unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation and before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly.
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worst book I've listened to this year
- By I Wonder on 08-03-19
By: Peter May
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Death at Wentwater Court
- By: Carola Dunn
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923 Britain, where unflappable flapper and fledgling journalist Daisy Dalrymple daringly embarks on her first writing assignment, and promptly stumbles across a corpse.
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Wentwater Death
- By Gareth Morgan on 09-10-05
By: Carola Dunn
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Coffin Road
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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In Scotland's Outer Hebrides, a man washes up on a deserted beach, hypothermic and completely disoriented. He has no idea who he is or how he got there. The only clue to his condition is a map of the island showing a desolate, ancient path called the Coffin Road. With a sense of dread and no clear idea what lies at the other end, he knows he must follow the trail if he has any hope of discovering his identity. Meanwhile, homicide detective George Gunn makes the rough ocean crossing to a remote, sea-battered lighthouse to investigate a brutal murder.
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Highly recommend!
- By Whispera on 01-11-22
By: Peter May
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Lockdown
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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London is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. Construction is brought to a sudden halt when a leather holdall containing the bones of a child is unearthed from the rubble. A psychopath has been unleashed on the city; his mission is to take all measures necessary to prevent the bones from being identified. But why are he and his handlers determined to go to such murderous lengths to hide the origins of the body?
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Murder case not a “pandemic” story
- By Lindsay S. Nixon on 05-14-20
By: Peter May
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A Winter Grave
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice. Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate a murder case so far from his beat. Brodie must face up to the ghosts of his past and to a killer determined to bury forever the chilling secret that his investigation threatens to expose.
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Futuristic stories not my thinh
- By LouA on 03-28-23
By: Peter May
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Entry Island
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
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When a murder rocks the isolated community of Entry Island, insomniac homicide detective Sime Mackenzie boards a light aircraft at St. Hubert airfield bound for the small, scattered chain of Madeline Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as part of an eight-officer investigation team from Montréal. Only two kilometers wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of just more than 100 inhabitants, the wealthiest of whom has just been discovered murdered in his home.
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Enjoyable once I adjusted my expectations
- By Janice on 05-07-16
By: Peter May
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The Firemaker
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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A grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the case. The unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation and before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly.
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worst book I've listened to this year
- By I Wonder on 08-03-19
By: Peter May
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Death at Wentwater Court
- By: Carola Dunn
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923 Britain, where unflappable flapper and fledgling journalist Daisy Dalrymple daringly embarks on her first writing assignment, and promptly stumbles across a corpse.
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Wentwater Death
- By Gareth Morgan on 09-10-05
By: Carola Dunn
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The Side Hustle
- The 509 Crime Stories, Book 1
- By: Colin Conway
- Narrated by: Damon Abdallah
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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When Jacob Kidwell’s body is discovered, his death appears to be an accident. Major Crimes Detectives Quinn Delaney and Marci Burkett discover layers of deception wrapping the young man’s life. They also find someone meddling in their investigation—a friend of the deceased hoping to help. He’s sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong and creating new problems for the detectives.
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- By Diane Schreiber on 08-10-24
By: Colin Conway
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A Cold Day for Murder
- Kate Shugak, Book 1
- By: Dana Stabenow
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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Eighteen months ago, Aleut Kate Shugak quit her job investigating sex crimes for the Anchorage DA’s office and retreated to her father’s homestead in a national park in the interior of Alaska. But the world has a way of beating a path to her door, however remote. In the middle of one of the bitterest Decembers in recent memory ex-boss — and ex-lover — Jack Morgan shows up with an FBI agent in tow.
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Kate & Mutt Kick Ass
- By Rusty on 08-29-16
By: Dana Stabenow
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A Silent Death
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman. Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life: the victim of a rare condition named Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world - and of Cleland's cruel plan. John Mackenzie - an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian investigator - is seconded to aid the Spanish authorities in their manhunt.
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Ineptitude Abounds
- By Ann on 03-28-23
By: Peter May
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I'll Keep You Safe
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Anna Murray, Peter Forbes
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Lovers and business partners Niamh and Ruairidh are owners of a small Hebridean company, Ranish Tweed. Their fabrics have become internationally sought-after in the world of fashion. But the threads of their relationship are beginning to fray. As they prepare for an important showing at a Parisian fabric fair, Niamh accuses Ruairidh of having an affair with a Russian fashion designer they work with - a fight that ends with Ruairidh storming off. Moments later, Niamh watches in horror as the car containing her life partner explodes in a ball of flame. With Niamh a prime suspect in the murder, the Parisian police hound her....
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Absolutely ridiculous
- By Zendegy on 07-14-19
By: Peter May
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The Wild Inside
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Christine Carbo
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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For fans of Louise Penny, C. J. Box, and Nevada Barr comes a haunting crime novel set in Glacier National Park, where one man finds himself on a collision course with the dark heart of the wild and the even darker heart of human nature.
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Brutal animal torture
- By L on 11-21-16
By: Christine Carbo
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Runaway
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
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Glasgow, 1965. Headstrong teenager Jack Mackay cannot allow for even the possibility of a life of predictability and routine. The 17-year-old has just one destination on his mind - London - and successfully convinces his four friends and fellow bandmates to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom.
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Great story of adventures - past and present
- By Karen on 06-02-16
By: Peter May
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The Bookshop
- By: Penelope Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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In 1959, Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bookshop - the only bookshop - in the seaside town of Hardborough. By making a success of a business so impractical, she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers. By daring to enlarge her neighbors' lives, she crosses Mrs. Gamart, the local arts doyenne. Florence's warehouse leaks, her cellar seeps, and the shop is apparently haunted. Only too late does she begin to suspect the truth: a town that lacks a bookshop isn't always a town that wants one.
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Fitzgerald keeps it real.
- By Patrick Zircher on 06-25-24
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A Deadly Affection
- By: Cuyler Overholt
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
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After a past family tragedy for which she holds herself to blame, Dr. Genevieve Summerford wants nothing more than to succeed in her new career as a psychiatrist, and win back the respect of her family and peers. That goal is thrown into jeopardy, however, when one of her patients is arrested for murder - a murder Genevieve fears she may have unwittingly provoked. Desperate to prove to herself and the authorities that her patient is innocent, she is forced to enlist the aid of an influential Tammany captain.
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strong heroine, a little snark & a dash of romance
- By kimbacaffeinate on 11-21-16
By: Cuyler Overholt
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The Second Girl
- By: David Swinson
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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He's a good detective...with a bad habit. Frank Marr knows crime in Washington, DC. A decorated former police detective, he retired early and now ekes a living as a private eye for a defense attorney. Frank Marr may be the best investigator the city has ever known, but the city doesn't know his dirty secret. A high-functioning drug addict, Frank has devoted his considerable skills to hiding his usage from others. But after accidentally discovering a kidnapped teenage girl in the home of an Adams Morgan drug gang, Frank becomes a hero and is thrust into the spotlight.
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A former cop and no rules!
- By Linda on 06-23-16
By: David Swinson
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Body Suit
- By: Suzanne Hagelin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Silvariah Frandelle, a brilliant and beautiful business woman, falls from wealth and success into exile and poverty, indentured - barely one step above slavery - as an off-world laborer to escape prison. Her last calculated risk as a free woman, paid for with years of service, becomes the key to surviving hostile environments. Space, gravity, and Mars wastelands were expected. Intrusive AIs, obscure experiments, and shadowy foes were not.
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A Waste of time and money!
- By Raymond on 11-06-20
By: Suzanne Hagelin
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The Weekend Away
- By: Miranda Smith
- Narrated by: Madeline Pell
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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My sister died. Her friends lied. And now that I’ve brought them all together, I’m going to learn the truth....
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Good story
- By Michelle Grindle on 06-06-24
By: Miranda Smith
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That Darkness
- By: Lisa Black
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Maggie's latest case is an unidentified female in her early teens, discovered in a local cemetery. More shocking than the girl's injuries - for Maggie at least - is the fact that no one has reported her missing. She and the detectives assigned to the case (including her cop ex-husband) are determined to follow every lead, run down every scrap of evidence. But the monster they seek is watching every move, closer to them than they could possibly imagine.
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Slow and Boring
- By viv on 06-08-16
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- Octopus Jones
- 08-06-15
How did I miss this great writer! So glad I I found him,I couldn't put it down
This is my kind of book. Great character development - of great characters! The plot is very creative with clever twist and turns. Brilliant ! I would recommend this book to British mystery lovers in general. If you like author Josephine Tey, Detective Morse and the like, I think you will appreciate this writer as well.
I was so impressed with this book ( I think it's a series) I'm about to order another book by this Author.
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- Debra J Tetreault
- 04-01-15
Fat paced but a little far fetched
In other reviews this book is compared to Dan Brown stories due to the treasure hunt type mystery but to me, it fell way short. I like stories where the characters have to put clues together which lead to more clues, but some of these clues really were a stretch. DNA tests were done in 24 hrs and he got permission to remove a fountain and dig up a public garden in the middle of the night? In what universe? I liked the characters so I may read the next in the series, but I hope it's a little more realistic.
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- Cricket
- 05-21-17
Slow start...
But well worth hanging in there for the ending. It took me awhile to really get interested in this book but since Simon Vance is one of my favorite narrators, I gave the book a chance and he gave the story life.
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- Small Mountain
- 10-26-16
Straightforward mystery that gets a bit derailed
Where does Dry Bones rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Far from a favorite, but worth the money I spent since it was on sale. Below average in entertainment, but also below average in price.
Would you be willing to try another book from Peter May? Why or why not?
I'd be hesitant to try another audio book from Peter May. Some parts of the book came out of nowhere; my wife, who doesn't listen to audio books, gave me a strange look when the book randomly moved to an explicit sex scene that was out of the character of the rest of the book. The story is supposed to be a mystery, and suddenly I was hearing about two middle aged people having sex in a lot of detail. That isn't appealing to me, and certainly isn't why I bought the book. The "what the heck are you listening to?!" look from my wife was amusing, though. Still, this part, as well as some other parts, seemed out of place. Hard to pin down who the author thought his audience was for some parts of the book. If the actual mystery story was genius, I might be able to look past random unrelated scenes (and I'm not just referring to sexually explicit ones), but it was a so-so mystery story to begin with. So I'd probably spend my money on another author.
What does Simon Vance bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I liked the skillful switching between Scottish and French accents. The narrator overall did a great job.
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- Swissmiss
- 09-05-15
OK story, hated the protagonist
The story wasn't groundbreaking, but Simon Vance's narration made it a worthwhile, and sometimes even fun, listen. Rarely, however, have I experienced such a strong dislike of a character who was supposed to be the hero of the book. Enzo Macleod is described as being a "genius", but the mystery is solved by his friends and a lot of luck. In the meantime, he spends all his time whining and feeling sorry for himself, except when he is thinking about his 19-year old assistant's melon-like breasts. Not sure I could stand listening to another Enzo Macleod mystery, despite Simon Vance's excellent performance.
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- Chiere Martyn
- 05-28-17
Very Good
Good characters, well written, intense story and unexpected bits of LOL humor. Starting another one right now.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-27-15
Wonderful Mystery!
What did you love best about Dry Bones?
Everything! I have read other books by Peter May (Blackhouse series) and love the author. The story kept me interested and Simon Vance was terrific as the narrator.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Enzo. He is a forensic scientist, father, widower and a complex personality.
Which scene was your favorite?
Since I read the book several months ago, it is difficult to answer at this late date.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Not sure...sorry.
Any additional comments?
Great series for Bristish mystery lovers!
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- Carmela
- 07-22-17
treasure hunt solvable mystery
a complex treasure hunt yet the information is there for the reader to solve it just ahead of the solution. good puzzle. likeable characters.
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- Lia
- 03-14-18
Forensicly Lacking
The flyleaf of this book promised "new science" applied to an old case. The implication being that Enzo's background as a forensic scientist will be critical to the solution of the case. The only "new science" I saw was DNA applied to blood. The remaining "new science" consisted of Google searches to find solutions to items left as puzzle clues. I do not think this defines "new science."
The gimmick of "un petit peu" of French words sprinkled throughout the book proved to be annoying to me as the book progressed.
The story relied on repetition of puzzle clues four times in the book which seemed overworked and too easily resolved.
The writing was good. The underlying story of Enzo and his love life and his daughters was interesting but very rudimentary.
The ending of the book came abruptly with the revealing of the villain, the daughters' relationship and Enzo's job resolving quickly but not before a overextended and tedious scene in the depths of Paris.
I will wait and explore other authors before I decide if another Enzo adventure will make it to my reading stack.
Simon Vance was outstanding with the delivery of the story.
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- Chana Goanna
- 04-19-16
Very enjoyable
This was, as some reviewers mentioned, similar to The DaVinci Code, only with much better writing. If you enjoy the progression of a series of obscure clues with a side trip to France, you'll like this. I wouldn't say it's great or even gripping, but it kept me interested and entertained, and I didn't see the end coming until exactly when the author wanted me to. My only quibble is that Simon Vance (who I would listen to reading a math textbook, he's so marvelous) could use a little work on his French pronunciation. His mistakes aren't egregious, only mildly distracting to a francophone. Overall I recommend this but was sad to see that the next one available via Audible is the fourth in the series, and like most mystery fans, I prefer to listen to a series in order.
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