The Messengers of Death: A Mystery in Provence (Commissaire LaViolette Mystery): 2 - Tapa blanda

Críticas

Unanimous Praise for "Death in the Truffle Wood
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"Delightful . . . brings to life the quirky, earthy peasant culture of the Provence region."
"- Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"An intellectual feast . . . worthy of that other master of the French mystery, Georges Simenon. A winner."
- "Richmond Times-Dispatch
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"Amusing...truly chilling...Magnan should easily ?nd a niche with American readers who enjoy atmospheric, well-plotted mysteries. The Gallic charm doesn't hurt either."
- "Denver"" Post"
"Delightful and unusual . . . successfully combines elements of Christie's old-fashioned gentility and Mayle's French pastoral. . . . [W]ill please both mystery readers and Provence lovers."
- "Booklist
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""Whether you like truf?es or pigs, it is dif?cult to imagine anyone not relishing this savory dish of a book."
- "Washington"" Times
""Delectably venal . . . consistently excellent and exquisitely descriptive. Vive Laviolette! Vive Magnan!"
- "Mystery Scene Magazine
""Deliciously rambles among quirky members of the populace and often macabre aspects of the case. . . . Smartly sublime entertainment."
- "Kirkus Reviews
""A classic murder mystery."
"- Indianapolis Star"

Praise for the Commissaire Laviolette Mysteries
"Stylish . . . a detective tale with a theme as old as Cain and Abel, as new as tomorrow's headlines, and as eternal as the Greek myths that inspire Magnan's fiction."
- "Publishers Weekly" (starred review) on "The Messengers of Death"
"A pleasantly old-fashioned mystery thriller with quirky charm aplenty."
- "Kirkus Reviews" on "The Messengers of Death
""An intellectual feast . . . worthy of that other master of the French mystery, Georges Simenon. A winner."
- "Richmond"" Times-Dispatch" on "Death in the Truffle Wood
""Delightful, old-fashioned . . . wrapped in the rich atmosphere of 1960s Provence. The setting will draw in Peter Mayle fans, even if they are not regular mystery readers."
- "Booklist" on "The Messengers of Death"

Stylish . . . a detective tale with a theme as old as Cain and Abel, as new as tomorrow's headlines, and as eternal as the Greek myths that inspire Magnan's fiction. "Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Messengers of Death"

A pleasantly old-fashioned mystery thriller with quirky charm aplenty. "Kirkus Reviews on The Messengers of Death"

An intellectual feast . . . worthy of that other master of the French mystery, Georges Simenon. A winner. "Richmond Times-Dispatch on Death in the Truffle Wood"

Delightful, old-fashioned . . . wrapped in the rich atmosphere of 1960s Provence. The setting will draw in Peter Mayle fans, even if they are not regular mystery readers. "Booklist on The Messengers of Death""

Stylish . . . a detective tale with a theme as old as Cain and Abel, as new as tomorrow's headlines, and as eternal as the Greek myths that inspire Magnan's fiction. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Messengers of Death

A pleasantly old-fashioned mystery thriller with quirky charm aplenty. Kirkus Reviews on The Messengers of Death

An intellectual feast . . . worthy of that other master of the French mystery, Georges Simenon. A winner. Richmond Times-Dispatch on Death in the Truffle Wood

Delightful, old-fashioned . . . wrapped in the rich atmosphere of 1960s Provence. The setting will draw in Peter Mayle fans, even if they are not regular mystery readers. Booklist on The Messengers of Death

"Stylish . . . a detective tale with a theme as old as Cain and Abel, as new as tomorrow's headlines, and as eternal as the Greek myths that inspire Magnan's fiction." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Messengers of Death

"A pleasantly old-fashioned mystery thriller with quirky charm aplenty." --Kirkus Reviews on The Messengers of Death

"An intellectual feast . . . worthy of that other master of the French mystery, Georges Simenon. A winner." --Richmond Times-Dispatch on Death in the Truffle Wood

"Delightful, old-fashioned . . . wrapped in the rich atmosphere of 1960s Provence. The setting will draw in Peter Mayle fans, even if they are not regular mystery readers." --Booklist on The Messengers of Death

Reseña del editor

A Publishers Weekly Best Mystery of 2008, this is the exceptional follow-up to Pierre Magnan’s highly acclaimed Death in the Truffle WoodLocal handyman Emile discovers an envelope addressed to a Mlle Veronique in a disused mailbox. Being a former postman, he dutifully purchases a stamp and mails the letter. But when the body of this same Mlle Veronique is soon found murdered, Commissaire Laviolette is coaxed out of retirement to solve one of the most bizarre crimes imaginable.