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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Sandman, the previous title in Canadian author Janes's series about an unlikely team of detectives in Occupied France, was chosen by both PW and the New York Times as one of the best mysteries of 1997. This new titleAonly the fourth to appear here but actually written in 1994 and one of nine books in the series already published in EnglandAis equally compelling. Chief Inspector Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the French S?ret? and Inspector Hermann Kohler, attached to the Gestapo in Paris, arrive in Lyon on the day before Christmas, 1942. They are investigating an arson fire in a movie house that has killed 183 peopleAmany of them railway workers gathered to watch Jean Renoir's La B?te humaine. "They were a pair, these two detectives," a Nazi officer observes. "St-Cyr was a patriot and therefore untrustworthy; Kohler a doubter of Germanic invincibility. They'd been in trouble with the SS far too many times." And indeed, the two cops quickly raise the hackles of Lyon's top NazisAincluding ambitious Obersturmf?hrer Klaus BarbieAas they search for an arsonist known as Salamander who has struck at least three times previously. As in previous books in the series, sexAtwisted and perverted by the timesAplays a large part in the investigation. One example of Janes's artistry: in a city starved for food, he spends three richly ironic pages describing the remains of a Christmas Eve feast in an exclusive bordello without slowing down the action or lessening the power of his terrible vision of a world full of large and small crimes.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
In another installment of Janes's mystery series set in France during the German Occupation (e.g., Stone Killer, LJ 5/1/97), Detectives Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the French Surete and Hermann Kohler, a Gestapo agent, seek an arsonist who has set a devastating fire in a crowded movie theater just before Christmas. The evidence resembles that from previous fires and points clearly to a serial killer. The detectives pursue his trail through the backstreets of Lyon and the brothels, tenements, and cathedrals as they try to piece together the relationships among the arsonist's prey before another fire is set. As in his previous novels, Janes creates a distinct picture of the decadence and dissolution of Nazi-occupied France, focusing on the victims as well as the oppressors. Even St-Cyr and Kohler mistrust each other, and their complicated dance to solve the crime without giving any advantage to the other is interesting to watch. The reader should be cautioned that there are graphic descriptions of sex and violence. Recommended for public libraries, especially those that own previous novels in the series.?Kathy Sorci, IIT Research Inst., Annapolis, MD
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Sandman, the previous title in Canadian author Janes's series about an unlikely team of detectives in Occupied France, was chosen by both PW and the New York Times as one of the best mysteries of 1997. This new titleAonly the fourth to appear here but actually written in 1994 and one of nine books in the series already published in EnglandAis equally compelling. Chief Inspector Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the French S?ret? and Inspector Hermann Kohler, attached to the Gestapo in Paris, arrive in Lyon on the day before Christmas, 1942. They are investigating an arson fire in a movie house that has killed 183 peopleAmany of them railway workers gathered to watch Jean Renoir's La B?te humaine. "They were a pair, these two detectives," a Nazi officer observes. "St-Cyr was a patriot and therefore untrustworthy; Kohler a doubter of Germanic invincibility. They'd been in trouble with the SS far too many times." And indeed, the two cops quickly raise the hackles of Lyon's top NazisAincluding ambitious Obersturmf?hrer Klaus BarbieAas they search for an arsonist known as Salamander who has struck at least three times previously. As in previous books in the series, sexAtwisted and perverted by the timesAplays a large part in the investigation. One example of Janes's artistry: in a city starved for food, he spends three richly ironic pages describing the remains of a Christmas Eve feast in an exclusive bordello without slowing down the action or lessening the power of his terrible vision of a world full of large and small crimes.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
In another installment of Janes's mystery series set in France during the German Occupation (e.g., Stone Killer, LJ 5/1/97), Detectives Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the French Surete and Hermann Kohler, a Gestapo agent, seek an arsonist who has set a devastating fire in a crowded movie theater just before Christmas. The evidence resembles that from previous fires and points clearly to a serial killer. The detectives pursue his trail through the backstreets of Lyon and the brothels, tenements, and cathedrals as they try to piece together the relationships among the arsonist's prey before another fire is set. As in his previous novels, Janes creates a distinct picture of the decadence and dissolution of Nazi-occupied France, focusing on the victims as well as the oppressors. Even St-Cyr and Kohler mistrust each other, and their complicated dance to solve the crime without giving any advantage to the other is interesting to watch. The reader should be cautioned that there are graphic descriptions of sex and violence. Recommended for public libraries, especially those that own previous novels in the series.?Kathy Sorci, IIT Research Inst., Annapolis, MD
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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