Mar. 27th, 2017

The Blurb On The Back:

In 1989, a killer dumped the body of twenty-year-old Lucie Martin into a picturesque lake in the West of France. Fourteen years later, a summer heat wave parched the earth exposing her remains amid the scorched mud and slime.

The killer was never found. But now, forensic expert Enzo Macleod is reviewing the stone cold case – the toughest of those he has been challenged to crack.

When Enzo spots a flaw in the original investigation, he expects positive developments. Yet he is in fact prising open a Pandora’s box – one very much designed to be kept closed – to the peril of himself, and everyone he loves.


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The Verdict:

The sixth and last book in Peter May’s ENZO FILES SERIES is a dull, hackneyed affair with a 56-year-old pony tailed male lead who’s apparently irresistible to attractive women, a conspiracy that’s far too easy to guess, a ridiculous kidnap subplot and little sense of tension that all goes to make a disappointing read. I picked this up without realising it was the last of a series but while I couldn’t follow all the soap opera antics of Macleod’s overly complicated family life, May does weave in key plot points from earlier books so you can follow what’s happened. The problem is that there isn’t much tension or interest in the Lucie case – mainly because Macleod doesn’t seem that interested in it and where it ties in with the overarching plot, the joins are forced and the plot creaks. Macleod is pure middle aged wish fulfilment and I didn’t believe in his relationships with any of the women in this book (although, as I said, I haven’t read the previous 5 books) and he doesn’t really do much investigating – relying on helpers and crashing from event to event. The kidnap subplot served little purpose other than to make me laugh. Ultimately I would check out May’s other series but won’t bother with the rest of this series.

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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