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Dry Bones
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
What happened to Jacques Gaillard? The brilliant teacher at the École Nationale d’Administration, who trained some of France’s best and brightest as future prime ministers and presidents, vanished ten years ago, presumably from Paris. This ten-year-old mystery inspires a bet—one that Enzo Macleod, a biologist teaching in Toulouse, France, instead of pursuing a brilliant career in forensics back home in Scotland, can ill afford to lose. The wager is that Enzo can find out what happened to Jacques Gaillard by applying new science to a cold case.
Enzo goes to Paris to meet journalist Roger Raffin, the author of a book on seven celebrated unsolved murders, the assumption being that Gaillard is dead. He needs Raffin’s notes, and armed with these, he begins his quest. It quickly has him touring landmarks such as the Paris catacombs and a château in Champagne, digging up relics and bones. Then Enzo finds the actual head of Jacques Gaillard. The artifacts buried with the skull set him to interpreting the clues they provide and following in someone’s footsteps—maybe more than one someone—seeking the rest of Gaillard’s remains and reviewing some ancient and recent history. As with any quest, it’s as much discovery as detection, and Enzo, despite all his missteps, proves to be an ace investigator, scientific and intuitive, who definitely meets his goals.
Peter May is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. He has won several literary awards for his novels.
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- JPH
- 12-06-17
Engrossing thriller.
This is quite different to the other Peter May books I've read such as the wonderful Lewis Trilogy, Coffin Road set in the Scottish highlands & outer hebrides which I loved, but this first of the Enzo series & is very good. It was a slow burner but you soon get caught up in the character of Enzo Macleod & involved with trying to solve the puzzle of the murder of a man that disappeared over 20 years ago. It's a very good edge of the seat thriller which keeps you guessing right up until the very end. The narrator is not the wonderful Peter Forbes but I have to say that Simon Vance narrates it very well & his voice characterisations are very good especially Enzo with his Scottish/French accent. I'm looking forward to listening to the next in the series. Recommended.
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- Joanne
- 02-02-17
An awful lot of derail
Good story line but lost in the unnecessary detail which I felt was excessive unfortunately.
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- Nigel Ayres
- 02-02-18
A bit far fetched perhaps
It was necessary to suspend disbelief at quite a few plot points, but an interesting romp nonetheless. The performance from Simon Vance was very good.
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- Kindle Customer
- 14-05-13
Murder below the Streets of Paris
An exciting and quick paced novel which is a cross between a Dan Brown plot in that it gives a geographical/historical backdrop to the mystery - in this case Paris; and the popular forensic scientist model who acts like Sherlock Holmes making the police look like fools!
I enjoyed it and look forward to the second in the series.
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- martin wiltshire
- 01-04-19
Another great book from Peter May!
Can't wait to listen to the next one. Enzo MacLeod is my new favourite character.
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- Darren D
- 20-05-20
Can't wait to read the next in the series.
Good characters. Goid fun and lots of twists. Can't wait to read the next in the series
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- wammy46
- 25-10-17
Dry bones
Not his best book,but fairly enjoyable.. I got a bit lost at times,but that dosent take much.
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- Linda
- 10-05-15
Easy Listening
I was put off starting this series from Peter May because of rather lukewarm reviews. I did however finally take the plunge and I'm glad I did because I actually quite enjoyed. No this is nothing like the tremendous Lewis series - but then this isn't a dark,brooding tale. No it isn't as atmospheric as the Chinese detective series either - in fact the reviewer that said it was a cross between Dan Brown & the Famous Five wasn't actually far off the mark. For a bet Enzo is investigating a number of unsolved murders using today's forensic science (well loosely anyway) - and the books are just nice easy listening. Enzo does have a tendency to fluctuate between sounding like BIlly Connelly and Sean Connery, but he's a likeable enough character and the plots and clues a lot more probable than some books I have read or listened to. I cannot understand the complaints about Peter Vance's accents, I think the reading is excellent with just enough accents thrown in to easily recognise the cast of characters. No this may not set the world alight but its a decent enough series and well worth a listen.
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- Ms. A. J. Simcock
- 30-07-19
Started well, but ending predictable and formulaic
Some good writing and detail about France. Excellent Narrator. Attractive main character. Apart from Nicole, I found the female characters formulaic and the ending was silly and predictable. I was disappointed because I think it could have been a much better novel if the author had worked harder to make it more interesting.
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- Caz
- 27-01-17
average
a bit disappointing after Lewis trilogy and çoffin road very average slightly unbelievable story! sorry!
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