Jacquot and the Master [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Martin O'Brien (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 12, 2007

In a sensual region of France, a crime detective like no other...Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot of the Cavaillon Regional Crime Squad is called to an artist's retreat in Provence, a luxury hill-top hotel where a young woman, it seems, has been murdered. There are bloodstains, but no body. The mystery deepens as Jacquot begins his investigation. Among the guests are those who have both means and motive, with personal secrets, hidden agendas and their own dangerous liaisons to conceal. Some of these people are very powerful indeed, and none of them take kindly to Jacquot's probing questions. Looming over them all is a celebrated and reclusive artist whose masterworks are priceless, a monster who torments all those who seek to bask in his glory. When a summer storm isolates the hotel, and not one but two bodies are found, passions start to run high!

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Editorial Reviews

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"'O'Brien's evocation of the hot vibrant and seedy French port in which everyone seems to be a cop or a criminal, and sometimes both, is as masterly as Ian Rankin's depiction of Edinburgh' Daily Mail 'Well drawn, strongly flavoured setting in Marseilles... with grisly forensics offering vital clues as to the nature of the crime while skillfully concealing the whodunit... Rich, spicy and served up with unmistakeable relish' Literary Review" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Martin O'Brien was educated at the Oratory School and Hertford College Oxford. He started his career as a copy-sub, going on to become Travel Editor of Vogue. He left Vogue to write ALL THE GIRLS. After 20 years of living in London, Martin, his wife and two daughters moved to the countryside, where he started to write the Jacquot books... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Limited (October 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846483034
• ISBN-13: 978-1846483035
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Martin O'Brien was born in Torbay, South Devon, in 1951. The son of a teacher and naval officer he was educated at the Oratory School in Berkshire and at Hertford College, Oxford. He was travel editor at British Vogue in the 1970s and has written lifestyle and travel features for a wide range of international publications. He lives in the Cotswolds with his wife and two daughters, and writes his Jacquot novels in a garden shed.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars gripping who-done-it in a great setting, May 31, 2011

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Susan Wiser (Lincoln, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jacquot and the Master (Paperback)

An entertaining and gripping who-done-it set in a monastery-now-very fancy hotel in Provence. The author does a great job of setting the mood and evoking a feeling of place. My first prize for authors of mysteries set in France is still Fred Vargas, but this one was good enough that I'd read more Jacquot novels by Martin O'Brien

4.0 out of 5 stars Desert DOC, May 2, 2010

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This review is from: Jacquot and the Master (Paperback)

Another fine piece of writing in the Jaquot series. Learn more about French cooking, life, history while enjoying a great read where clues are sifted and put together.