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Blacklight Blue (2008)

by Peter May(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1590585534 (ISBN13: 9781590585535)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Poisoned Pen Press

series

The Enzo Files

review 1: Enzo MacLeod, Scottish, former forensic scientist now teaching at Cahors, is betting that he could use his expertise to solve seven unsolved murders described in a book by Parisian journalist Roger Raffin. He's solved two of them as the book begins and is now working on the third, the murder of a Parisian rent boy more than fifteen years earlier. He is distracted from the case as he has just been told by a specialist that he has a rare form of leukemia with only months to live.Also, someone seems to be intent on destroying his reputation and his relationships. Enzo finds himself the suspect in a murder investigation, and his daughters, Sophie and Kirsty, are targeted with violence. Enzo tries to protect his family by putting them in a safe place while he tries to work out ... morewho is after him. Taking us from France to England and Spain, the pace of this mystery is fast and the plot is gripping.The only detail that bothered me was Enzo's ability to travel to other countries while out on bail.
review 2: Jacket notes: "Enzo takes on his third cold case described in a book by Parisian journalist Roger Raffin—the murder of a rent boy 16 years earlier—but Enzo's investigation runs into trouble after he's diagnosed with terminal cancer and he's framed for murder. Evidently, the rent boy's killer fears Enzo will solve the crime if he ever gets a chance. May makes the French settings sharply real, while creating a seething tangle of emotional conflicts between Enzo and the people around him."The third book in Peter May's Enzo Files is the perfect book to settle down with when you want to be entertained with a good mystery. The plot is complex and intricate without losing any cohesion. All of the main characters are back in this book...Enzo, his daughters, Roger Raffin. One of the reasons that I'm drawn to reading so many series is that I like getting to know the characters from one book to the next, becoming involved with their lives outside of the mystery/crime. Peter May doesn't disappoint in this area: Enzo and his family have me hooked.There are only two other books in the Enzo Files...so I suggest that Mr. May get writing. less

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