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Death in the Dordogne - Louis Sanders

 

Description: ISBN 185242673X / Author: Louis Sanders / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... is not the first son of the family to die and it was not an accidental death. Intrigued, The Englishman starts to ... more

 ... investigate. There are any number of suspects in the surrounding area, including the boyfriend of the dead man’s sister, a drunk old Englishman and his mysterious wife and daughter and the Old Dutch Woman (who isn’t really Dutch) and her mentally handicapped son. But what is the motive? And what is the strange scratching sound coming from the other half of The Englishman’s house? Can the solution be found before another murder takes place? I’m usually very suspicious of writers whose main character is not of their own natio...more

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Crowned Review Death in the Dordogne - Louis Sanders: Unforgiving villagers (757 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 29/11/06 (Very useful, 94 readings)
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I have to say that I was expecting this book to be a trashy read. Not all was as expected though; I imagined from the name of the author that he was English. Louise Sanders is actually French, although married to an English wife, and the book was written in his native language and translated. This gave me some hope for a while that it might be a bit better than trashy; unfortunately this was not the case. The book was completely readable and would be perfect for a day at the beach, but apart from that there is not much to recommend it. The Englishman from Berthonie as the narrator of the story is known, gave up a successful career and partner to live in ...

 

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