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Cécile "SeriaLectrice", bookstagramer and contributor to the 20 Minutes Books reading group, recommends "Only two dead and it's Christmas" by Claire Plantevin, published on October 6, 2022 by Éditions Hugo Poche.
His favorite quote:
They had underestimated the gendarme.
They had however inquired about him before constructing their plan.
A guy who came from Pas-de-Calais, that sounded nicer than shitty digger.
They hadn't expected to come across a meticulous one.
We'll have to be careful, she thought.
Why this book?
Because it is a detective novel that is out of the ordinary.
Between cozy mystery and traditional investigation, it is quite difficult to know in which box it is located.
But at least this novel has the merit of being original.
Because this atypical investigation takes place in the heart of Sarthe.
Nothing ever happens there, it seems.
So, when a dead man is found in the middle of the forest by two retirees, it's a rush of action at the gendarmerie.
Because it is a novel that is based on several enigmas
, one of which is revealed to us from the beginning of the story.
But if you pay close attention, you too will have an enigma to solve that the author has scattered throughout the pages.
Because the reader faces a panel of characters
, each crazier than the next.
Two retirees for whom the corpse they found will advertise at their book club.
A whimsical writer who hides enigmas in his novels allowing to find corpses.
A mayor obsessed with stealing the crèche's donkey and its Christmas balls.
Because this novel has some surprises
and various unexpected twists in store for us.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Three days before Christmas, two wacky retirees discover a corpse in the forest of Bercé.
But they didn't find this stiff, it's thanks to the riddle they solved, the one that was hidden in the latest novel by the famous thriller writer René d'Ambricourt.
Characters.
Two retirees who run a book club.
A novelist who hides corpses in his novels.
A mayor who would rather know who stole his crib than know the murderer.
A lieutenant who investigates and who must manage all this little world.
Places.
In the heart of the Sarthe.
The time.
In our time, a few days before Christmas.
The author.
Claire Plantevin is an author who prefers to remain discreet about her private life and who calls herself a nomad, living between Sarthe and the rest of the world.
This book was read with
curiosity.
This body found thanks to indications found in a book can only make us curious.
We want to know if the culprit is the writer.
But also how these two old women managed to solve an enigma for which no clue had been left.
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