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To Die in Provence
To Die in Provence
Author: Norman Bogner
Art historian Jennifer Bowen has been hired to keep an eye on spoiled nineteen-year-old heiress Maddie while Maddie studies in the south of France. Jennifer welcomes the free trip--and she'll be glad to get Maddie away from the influence of Boy, Maddie's lover and a violent ex-con. But Jennifer never imagines the lengths Maddie will go to to g...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780812590449
ISBN-10: 0812590449
Publication Date: 5/1999
Pages: 391
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Forge
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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CraftyTJ avatar reviewed To Die in Provence on + 381 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Bogner offers a spooky evocation of the horror that can live alongside all that great food and scenery. We first find top copper Michel Danton recovering from shotgun wounds while working in his father's restaurant in Aix, where "fresh strings of Arles sausage and legs of jambon de Bayonne slyly waltzed on their hooks in the window." Michel's father is a tyrant, and his latest lady friend has just dumped him, so he's ready for a new case. Enter Darrell Vernon Boynton, a charming young psychopath called Boy by the women he conquers and the wealthy tourists he murders. Boy is a true descendant of Hannibal Lecter, and the only reason he hasn't eaten any of his victims is that the other food in Provence is too tempting. But be warned: not many other atrocities are beyond his imagination. As Bogner has proven in such previous blockbusters as Seventh Avenue and California Dreamers, he has the imagination to create nightmare landscapes in all manner of settings--and the writing skills to quickly make us a part of them.
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Helpful Score: 2
characterization good, plot a little slow, serious detective ficiton
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