Death in the Dordogne (Paperback)

by Louis Sanders (Author) "The dead man's mother was standing in the doorway, raising her great muscular arms to the heavens, wailing loudly and monotonously..." (more)
Key Phrases: Madame Malebranche, Trinity Rugby Fifteen

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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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Product Description
When you moved out of North London 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. A must read for anyone thinking of moving out of the city.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185242673X
• ISBN-13: 978-1852426736
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #825,297 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

By	Srdjan Pesic (Minneapolis, Mn United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.