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  • By: Peter May
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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Dry Bones

By: Peter May
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Publisher's 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.

©2006 Peter May (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic Reviews

“This travelogue-cum-murder mystery makes for a fun puzzle.” ( Publishers Weekly)
“A thoroughly engaging puzzle.” ( Library Journal)

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  • 03-08-2018

Storyline ruined by narrator

Found this book very hard to get into because if the dreadful Scottish accent created by Simon Vance
Please stick to Peter Forbes as narrator

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No better than ordinary

The character development and dialogue in this book were a little clumsy and underdone. The plot, though hard to accept, was reasonable for a basic murder mystery but I felt no particular interest in the characters and their action.

I will not purchase another book in this series, though some of the Scottish/Hebrides books by this author have been better.

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A Scotsman in Paris...

...was always going to be in interesting combination, and as an introduction to the Enzo series, Dry Bones is a cracker!

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Eclectic

Would you listen to Dry Bones again? Why?

Yes, it's an interesting and free flowing story, set in Paris. First time you are trying to visulize the places he writes about. Fortunately the author isn't overly descriptive, therefore isn't too distracting from the storyline. When reading for the second time, you can concentrate more on the storyline

What other book might you compare Dry Bones to, and why?

Compares well with Peter May's, Lewis Trilogy and Anne Cleeves, Shetland series

What about Simon Vance’s performance did you like?

He has an easy listening voice, some of his characterisation are amusing. Reads at a good listening pace

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It's a fairly matter of fact storyline, however there are some amusing moments, for me I can't say there were any overly emotional moments

Any additional comments?

I personally like the way Peter May writes, he's subject matter varies, obviously does a lot of research, he's books teach you about the places where he's stories are set

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Engaging story

Enjoyable and engaging story. I always enjoy exploration of cities through the eyes of characters and this book takes you into parts of Paris I didn't know existed.
The mystery itself is a good tale as well.

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