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"...captures perfectly the rural atmosphere of France... a brilliant debut, a great read and terrific fun. Excellent!" --Books Monthly
"This book is so much fun...Magson is an experienced writer, which shows in the sheer, slick enjoyability of the read." --Historical Novel Society
"... a real sense of action and melodramatic page-turning suspense until almost the last sentence. Fast moving and great entertainment." --Eurocrime
"This book is so much fun...Magson is an experienced writer, which shows in the sheer, slick enjoyability of the read." --Historical Novel Society
"... a real sense of action and melodramatic page-turning suspense until almost the last sentence. Fast moving and great entertainment." --Eurocrime
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She was going to die. She could feel it, her life ebbing away as surely as fine sand through fingers. The thought caused her more sadness than fear; less a sense of foreboding than a cause to wonder what lay ahead. France, 1963. It's a time of great change in France, not least for Inspector Lucas Rocco. As part of a nationwide 'initiative' to broaden police operations, he finds himself moved from the Paris metropolis to a small village. His new patch might be rural, but it's certainly not uneventful: on his first day, he finds a murdered woman wearing a Gestapo uniform lying in a British military cemetery. When the body is removed by order of a magistrate from the police mortuary before Rocco can finish his investigation, he realises he's up against a formidable enemy. An enemy who will go to any lengths - even murder - to stop his investigation.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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With the jungle fighting of Indochina behind him, Inspector Lucas Rocco thinks his transfer to rural France will give him a quieter life than his beat in Paris. That is until his first day there when, despite the war with Germany being ended for nearly 20 years, a woman's body in a Gestapo uniform is found. Rocco is not known to be deterred by political interference but when he discovers that the woman was the daughter of a rich industrialist with links to the resistance he knows he must tread carefully. He must also be careful where he puts his feet in the woods near his new home. The place is littered with WW2 ordnance and there's a crazy man out there setting explosive booby-traps. Rocco himself is convincing with a good solid back story. His suspicion of the motives of most of his superiors stem from his army days and make him very much the loose cannon. The novel is rich in eccentric village characters and because of numerous clues and red herrings has a mystery complex enough to puzzle experts. It is an atmospheric tale, unusual in place and time. The romantic element is left hanging and I look forward to the next in the series later this year.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The author could have fallen into the trap of setting this book in one of the more "touristy" parts of France with a view to catching the holiday crowd and I applaud him for not doing that. This is a gritty yet easy flowing novel that introduces interesting and non stock characters who appear to have plenty of back story to be revealed as the series progresses, is set in a mysterious and I reckon little known part of France which is atmospherically and often humorously described and has a plot that stands up all the way through so that the denouement is both shocking and yet logical. I can't wait for the next installment
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, in fact I did not want to put it down as the story gripped me right from the first page. I look forward to reading the next in the series.
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enjoyable start to a series
Death on the Marais has many good qualities: an interesting main character in Inspector Lucas Rocco, a nice sense of place, and engaging prose that's easy on the eye. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Rob Kitchin
Remember the name Inspector Lucas Rocco has arrived
Tremendous opening and the story builds thereafter into a wonderful crime thriller, At last a modern author to succeed Georges Simenon's gentle french detective fiction. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Richard Latham
Death on the Marais
A gripping, enthralling, credible story, beautifully written, no gratuitous bad language. Not my usual genre but have now bought, read and thoroughly enjoyed five of Adrian's... Read more
Published 7 months ago by B. F. Orme
Death on the Marais (Inspector Lucas Rocco) by Adrian Magson
I have recently read, and wholly enjoyed, two of Adrian Magson's Inspector Lucas Rocco books. Not my usual genre but they are beautifully written. Read more
Published 7 months ago by B. F. Orme
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