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"... so much fun...Magson is an experienced writer, which shows in the sheer, slick enjoyability of the read. I was happy to place myself in his hands and allow him to manipulate my imagination."
--Praise for Adrian Magson's Lucas Rocco novels
"Brilliant - you just cannot put it down. The gloomy, sombre, atmospheric landscape of Picardie is brilliantly evoked... I eagerly await the next offering."
--Praise for Adrian Magson's French police series
" A stunningly atmospheric follow up to 'Death on the Marais'... the story moves at a cracking pace, with the tension mounting with every page, I couldn't read fast enough. A definite entry for your `not to be missed' list." --Mystery Women Reviews
"... expertly written... an enjoyable read from beginning to end. Rocco is a character that remains with you long after you have finished and... The depressing, grave, atmospheric landscape of Picardie is vividly brought to life." --SHOTS Magazine - Ayo Onatade
"You have to love Rocco... France's answer to Jack Reacher - tall, dark, broad and dedicated to right wrongs. `Death on the Rive Nord' - `c'est magnifique'!"
--crimesquad.com Author of the Month
“ …a darker and subtler novel than ‘Death on the Marais’… The novel is ingeniously plotted and works up to an unexpected climax. A thoroughly enjoyable read from an accomplished crime writer… “
--Historical Novel Society
--Praise for Adrian Magson's Lucas Rocco novels
"Brilliant - you just cannot put it down. The gloomy, sombre, atmospheric landscape of Picardie is brilliantly evoked... I eagerly await the next offering."
--Praise for Adrian Magson's French police series
" A stunningly atmospheric follow up to 'Death on the Marais'... the story moves at a cracking pace, with the tension mounting with every page, I couldn't read fast enough. A definite entry for your `not to be missed' list." --Mystery Women Reviews
"... expertly written... an enjoyable read from beginning to end. Rocco is a character that remains with you long after you have finished and... The depressing, grave, atmospheric landscape of Picardie is vividly brought to life." --SHOTS Magazine - Ayo Onatade
"You have to love Rocco... France's answer to Jack Reacher - tall, dark, broad and dedicated to right wrongs. `Death on the Rive Nord' - `c'est magnifique'!"
--crimesquad.com Author of the Month
“ …a darker and subtler novel than ‘Death on the Marais’… The novel is ingeniously plotted and works up to an unexpected climax. A thoroughly enjoyable read from an accomplished crime writer… “
--Historical Novel Society
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Picardie, 1963. A truck drops a group of illegal workers by a deserted stretch of canal in the dead of night near Poissons-les-Marais, desperate travellers in a pipeline, searching for a better life. Days later, one of them surfaces, stabbed to death. For Inspector Lucas Rocco, finding the victim's fellow travellers presents problems. Most Algerian immigrants are welcome, but trawling for any who aren't is a sensitive issue loaded with threats of civil unrest - something which terrifies his bosses in the Ministry. And when Rocco is ordered to stay away from one factory where he suspects illegals are employed, it goes against everything he knows. However, his difficulties have barely begun. One of the illegals is a young woman with a small child, on the run from her brutal husband, Samir Farek, an Algerian gangster who has threatened to kill them both. But Farek has another, bigger agenda: to take over as gang lord in Paris. With a history of disposing of anyone who crosses him - a fate he is happy to mete out even to a senior policeman who gets in his way - the potential consequences are frightening. Caught between his instinct to protect a vulnerable woman and her child, of obeying bosses interested only in preserving the status quo, and facing the threat of a dangerous gangster who recognises no boundaries in the murderous pursuit of his plans, Rocco begins to wonder how long he can survive.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Don't usually read a book with such energy more akin to my long forgotton teenage years but here is a real page turner for even 50 somethings like me.
The second book in this excellent series of detective work in rural France in the 1960s. No attempt to dwell in a less troubled era; real crime here more Maigret than Heartbeat certainly but closer still in the story telling and mood created.
Illegal workers, gangsters, corruption and people smuggling gives it its contempory feel.
Not just a police procedual novel but a genuine crime thriller with characters slowly emerging enhancing its richness not overwhelming the narative that rubbles on a pace. Love the french setting and context of the stories and as at the end of any good book feel a sense of loss and eagerness for the development of this wonderful new detective.
The second book in this excellent series of detective work in rural France in the 1960s. No attempt to dwell in a less troubled era; real crime here more Maigret than Heartbeat certainly but closer still in the story telling and mood created.
Illegal workers, gangsters, corruption and people smuggling gives it its contempory feel.
Not just a police procedual novel but a genuine crime thriller with characters slowly emerging enhancing its richness not overwhelming the narative that rubbles on a pace. Love the french setting and context of the stories and as at the end of any good book feel a sense of loss and eagerness for the development of this wonderful new detective.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Adrian occasionally writes articles for Writing Magazine/Writers' News to which I subscribe. I found these to be both interesting and inspiring and it was these which encouraged me to buy some of his books to read. They are not my usual genre but I have thoroughly enjoyed Death on the River Nord and Death on the Marais, and have ordered others for future reading. For me his style of writing, his wonderful use of the English language, his descriptions, characters, plots and crafting of the story are perfect and very refreshing. There is no gratuitous bad language either. I could not put either of them down until I had read them to the end.
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