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The Paris Enigma. Pablo De Santis (2007)

by Pablo de Santis(Favorite Author)

3.22 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0007269021 (ISBN13: 9780007269020)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

HarperTorch

series

El enigma de París

review 1: I have mixed feelings about this book. The story was woven around other stories. Twelve detectives from around the world gathered at the Worlds Fair to display thier techniques. Throughout the story, each detective and each of their assistants tell a tale about some crime they solved in their home countries. While interesting, it distracted from the main plot, which in the end seemed rushed. The writing was good, the characters well developed, but there were too many of them. I was lost by the middle of the book by which assistant belonged to which detective and who was from what country, etc.
review 2: Pablo De Santis writes a throw-back novel in The Paris Enigma. Set just before the opening of the World's Fair in Paris in 1889, the Twelve Detectives agree to ... moremeet and share their secrets. Gathered from across the world, this clique represents clashes of egos, techniques and skulduggery. When one of the detectives is murdered and a corpse is found burned, the detectives try to outdo each other to determine who the killer is.This is a throw-back in style, because it reads more like Arthur Conan Doyle than P.D. James or Patricia Cornwell. Long conversations when first one, then another, detective stands and speaks to the group. This can be tedious if the reader is looking for modern pacing. If the reader is in the mood for a more leisurely read, the book works.Reminiscent of The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, which pitted detectives against a serial murdered at the Chicago World's Fair. less

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