Books by Mark Pryor
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review 1: If Hugo Marston is supposed to be representative of the head of security at a major U.S. Embassy, then I know why we have security problems at our embassies. When a bouquiniste is kidnapped in front of him in Paris, it takes him almost 5 days to figure out that, maybe, one of hi...
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review 1: This is one of the most satisfying mysteries I've read in a long time. I read it in one day, staying up until midnight to finish it. The character development is a little wanting, but the plot and pacing are well done, and it kept my interest until the end. This is the second nov...
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review 1: The best one yet. Concentrated more on characters this time around, and not so much background on Paris. But what a great setting, and always interesting glimpses into Embassy life and protocol. Hugo is a very likable character, though Tom gets all the best lines. I thought t...
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review 1: Loved how Hugo showed such loyalty in finding out what happened to his friend the bookseller. Interesting concept of having the booksellers as a front for drug sales. Had lots of action and intrigue. A bit of everything. Incorporated some of the past into the action in the pr...
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review 1: 4.5I enjoyed it way more than I thought in the beginning. I do like crime stories, but I enjoy ones with emotional motivation, without drug cartels, and international politics. But I liked it a lot. It had a great structure for an investigation novel, the clues and pieces were re...
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review 1: The first in a series, introducing the main character. A man in law enforcement, an American in France with all the problems that can arise when he is more curious and concerned than maybe he should be.A "friend", a bookseller, is kidnapped in front of our hero and the story goe...
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review 1: I found this book by accident, while browsing in the excellent Austin, Texas, bookstore BookPeople. Attracted first by the Eiffel Tower on the cover, then by little bits of text I found as I leafed through it, I started seriously reading it over the weekend, and found I couldn't ...
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review 1: Two tourists were discovered dead in Paris’ famous Pere Lachaise cemetery near American rock star Jim Morrison’s grave. Is there any connection between the victims and the dead cult hero? When the murdered young man is identified as Maxwell Holmes, the son of American senator Ha...
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review 1: Chose the first Hugo Marston novel, The Bookseller, for the December 2013 Mystery Book Group read. Like to read #2, and perhaps #3, before the meeting at the end of the month.Finished The Crypt Thief today--a very quick read and very exciting. Paris, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, a v...
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review 1: Although this murder mystery was a bit too macabre for me, I was fascinated with the investigation being done by a profiler. Most mysteries feature a detective as the main character, Hugo Marsten is a profiler assigned to the US Embassy in France. When a US Senator's son and his ...