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L’état C’est Lost

The Black Tower by Louis Bayard

March 16, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

I greatly enjoyed Louis Bayard’s The Pale Blue Eye and was excited to pick this one up as well given how effectively he wrote his other historical mystery. And though I liked it a hair less, it did not disappoint. There has always been a curiosity amongst conspiracy theorists wondering what if some historical figures survived death. Hitler in the bunker. The princes in the Tower. And Louis-Charles, the dauphin of France and rightful heir to the throne of his father, Louis XVI. Sadly for him, he […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: France, historical fiction, Louis Bayard, Louis XVII, mystery, paris, The Black Tower, Vidocq

Jake's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: France, historical fiction, Louis Bayard, Louis XVII, mystery, paris, The Black Tower, Vidocq ·
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Murder, slow and detailed

The Black Tower by P.D. James

April 15, 2020 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

P.D. James is an acquired taste in detective fiction- slow moving and meticulously detail oriented.  Her Adam Dalgliesh novels are a detour from some of the hard-boiled noir detective fiction that is currently fashionable on TV and film.  Adam is not like Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch or Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole; rather, Dalgliesh he is from the ‘gentleman detective working for Scotland Yard’ mold, slowly sifting through clues without breaking the rules. The Black Tower is the 5th Dalgliesh novel and it is set in […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #detectivefiction, England, P.D. James, The Black Tower

Wanderlustful's CBR12 Review No:18 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #detectivefiction, England, P.D. James, The Black Tower ·
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