Death in the Dordogne [Paperback]

Louis Sanders (Author), Adriana Hunter (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

Translated by Adriana Hunter

When you moved to France to a picturesque hamlet in the Dordogne no one said it would be like this in February: freezing cold, dark by mid-afternoon and so quiet. Members of the Caminade family keep dying in suspicious circumstances, and the doctor knows more about it than he's prepared to reveal…. Slyly funny and delightfully laconic, Death in the Dordogne is the perfect accompaniment for anyone thinking about a holiday in France!

An editor at a publishing house, Louis Sanders now lives in rural France in the Dordogne with his English wife.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The February weather may be dark and dismal, but the locals provide plenty of color as "a newly installed Englishman" in rural southern France copes with odd neighbors (a secretive doctor, a reclusive Dutch woman, a goat-breeding English alcoholic) and odder fatal accidents in Louis Sanders's engaging debut, Death in the Dordogne, translated by Adriana Hunter. The genial narrator, lacking anything better to do, busies himself with investigating, and he turns up old grudges that lead to new crimes in the first of a series.
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About the Author

Louis Sanders studied English at the Sorbonne and lived for several years in Britain. An Ignoble Profession is his third novel set among the British community in the Dordogne where he now lives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail; Ex-Library edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185242673X
• ISBN-13: 978-1852426736
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Witty, original novel, July 10, 2009

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Srdjan Pesic (Minneapolis, Mn United States) - See all my reviews
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I purchased all three novels of Mr. Sanders few years ago. At last I read the first one, "Death in the Dordogne". It was a very nice surprise. Short, both suspensfull and witty, original novel. There are no bags of old tricks in this book. The puzzle is convoluted, the characters and atmosphere sharply drawn. I have no intention of visiting Dordogne in February. The leading character, the sleuth, is a total unknown to us. We know that he is an Englishman, an amateur painter and that sums it all up.
Everything else is left to our imagination. Buying unknown authors sometimes pays off. If you want something different than the average mystery, Mr. Sanders is your man.

3.0 out of 5 stars What is a murder?, February 28, 2011

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Charles J. Marr (Cambridge Springs, Pa USA) - See all my reviews
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Revenge, accident, madness, insiders and outsiders: this is a tale with roots in the French Resistance but somewhat tangled and difficult to read. I'm not sure of the motives of the principal character and how he becomes involved in France or the events of the novel. It lacks the sort of charming querkiness found in some of the novels to which is has been compared. Perhaps some find the individuals portrayed as more than the pathetic types they seem to me. It is not really action / adventure, but challenges a reader to solve the crime.