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The Corsican Caper (2014)

by Peter Mayle(Favorite Author)

3.06 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0307962865 (ISBN13: 9780307962867)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Knopf

series

Sam Levitt

review 1: I've read Peter Mayle's book, "A Year in Provence" and enjoyed it. I had never read one of his mysteries. I have missed some good reading. I enjoyed the locale (Marseille), never having been there. Reading about a place is the next best thing to being there. The Russian mobster and his greediness was entertaining and the way that Sam, the sleuth of the story, solves the case was very well done. I shall have to read some more of these French mysteries.
review 2: Quite simply this book would not have been published had the author not had a bestseller previously. The devices that work so well in a travel memoir i.e. sumptuous descriptions of food, quirky characters and knowledge of exotic places are not enough to create a compelling mystery. It is billed as ... more "...brimming with entertaining twists." Try as I might I cannot even name one. Truthfully there was no mystery. You know who the culprit is from the start and there is no doubt about how it will unfold. The major premise is unsupportable. What indication is there that by killing the owner you will be able to acquire property he won't sell you? If French probate laws are as bureaucratic and time consuming as they are in the US, he would be facing months, if not years, of delays. Without a guarantee a new owner would be willing to sell. The story was not good enough for the reader to ignore this obvious flaw. less

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