Snakehead (Hodder & Stoughton 2002), (Poisoned Pen Press 2009), (Quercus E-books 2012), (Riverrun 2017) The Beijing police department is baffled by the motive, and as the story progresses with the investigation by Campbell and Yan, the readers find that something sinister is afoot, and not just a few people but the entire country is under threat. The Enzo Files Books

When a mass grave containing eighteen mutilated female corpses is discovered in Shanghai, detective Li Yan is sent from Beijing to establish if the bodies are linked to an unsolved murder in the capital. Here, Li will be working with Mei Ling, deputy head of Shanghai's serious crime squad. an anti-China demonstration by the extreme religious group Falum Gong, whose leaser claimed to be a visitor from outer space. Enso wondered where he had parked his flying saucer.

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French Literary Prizes – Prix des Lecteurs du Télégramme". Letelegramme.com . Retrieved 20 June 2010. The story is set in the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, where the protagonist grew up. While Fin is on the island to attend family members’ funerals, something sinister is happening in that place. A murderer is on the loose, and stopping him will be difficult.

French cop series for me revolve around TV Shows Spiral & Braquo which make the 70’s Sweeney series look tame...... very naive of me to think that a book set in Paris by a Brit would have similar themes running through it....... certainly no parallels here & I found it a tad middle of the road & easy going....... The early exchanges find our hero solving a crime that has left the Parisian gendarme flummoxed for the past decade..... there was a lotta leaps..... A LOT...... but I let it ride as its an amiable enough read & the characters are likeable enough in their way. In the first book of the Enzo Files, ex forensic scientist Enzo Macleod makes a daring wager and attempts to solve the ten-year-old case of a vanished manMay is a prominent Scottish novelist and crime writer who has made a successful career by creating some of the most thrilling stories, focusing primarily on crime investigations. No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books The Lewis Trilogy blew my mind. The first in the series was an easy five stars, with the second and third book being strong four stars. Entry Island was an interesting read, and whilst not up to the standard of the Lewis Trilogy it was still an enjoyable four stars. This first book in the Enzo Files, sits slightly below the four stars of Entry Island. It is still a good read, it is still four stars, but it was not as mind blowing as the Lewis Trilogy or quite as enjoyable as Entry Island. I’ll be continuing on, that is for sure, but the start of the series hasn’t left me as desperate to continue on as I was with my introductory book to the author. Prix International, Cognac Festival [28] L'Homme de Lewis won the 2012 Prix International at the Cognac Festival. Enzo has a research assistant named Nicole, a sexy, bodacious farm girl with a gifted mind who is bathing him in pheromones that he finds difficult to resist. There is also Charlotte, who is the first woman since his second wife to make him feel all gooey inside. She is the most recent lover of his fellow investigator Raffin, which provides added tension to an already frayed relationship. He knows he is being followed and wonders how far the government will go to keep him from learning the truth. On top of all that, he has the two daughters, one who is vying for his attention and the other who wants him to drop dead. His life might be unduly complicated, but his mind is more alive than it has been in a long time, and the chase is becoming as beguiling as the charms of the alluring Charlotte.

Le Telegramme newspaper feature about Peter May winning Grand Prix". Letelegramme.fr. 25 May 2012 . Retrieved 12 May 2015. As if his life isn't complicated enough, he soon finds himself unexpectedly in the hunt for solutions to some vexing cold cases thanks to an ill-advised wager about the power of forensic science.

a b "Theakston's Shortlist Crime Novel of the Year". Harrogateinternationalfestivals.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014 . Retrieved 25 September 2014. Enzo Macleod is a biology teacher at a French University. Macleod grew up in Scotland and worked as a forensic scientist. He is married and has a daughter as well. He lives a simple, routine life with not much happening, but he is happy with what he does.

Twenty years later, a wager throws him head first into a 10-year-old mystery involving the disappearance of a well-known, highly intelligent, and very popular man with connections in high places in government. CWA Dagger in the Library winner of this award which recognises the popularity of an author’s body of work with readers and users of libraries. [51]

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As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France. French Literary Prizes – Prix Ancres Noires des Lecteurs". Lesancresnoires.com . Retrieved 20 June 2010. But as the story progresses, they get to know the real version of themselves and their culture. This blossoms into something beautiful, and it is a sheer pleasure to see them grow and appreciate each other. But think of these series as something different than romantic stories. it wouldn’t do any harm at all if you applied your very particular talents to unraveling a few more of those unsolved cases….. (President of his university)