Having set a new plan with my GR friend Jaline, who also enjoys reading books written by Peter May, we have begun his Enzo series starting with Extraordinary People. ENZO MACLEOD TACKLES ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST NOTORIOUS UNSOLVED CASES, IN THE FOURTH OFFERING FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MASTER OF CRIME. The lead character, a supposed genius with credentials as a forensic scientist-- acts like an idiotic buffoon.

He started out his writing career in journalism and won his first award, the Fraser Award, in 1973 when he was only 21 years old. My to-read list is somewhat out of hand meaning some things sit on the list for longer than they really should.

This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations. His own feet slip and clatter as he scrambles through an alley between buttresses, heart squeezed by the hand of desperation. His efforts do not enamor him with the Parisian police, and soon, even the government, embarrassed by this foreigner’s success, is warning him from taking his investigation further.

He has a wager with his journalist friend to solve a cold case involving the death of celebrity politician Jacques Gaillard and starts discovering parts of Gaillard's body, piece by piece. Peter May’s series featuring former forensics expert Enzo Macleod, a Scotsman living in France, started with Extraordinary People, first published in the USA in 2006 and now brought to a UK audience by Quercus. This is something I haven’t encountered in later May books such as The Chess Trilogy, something I see that as a major positive development. of our deliveries are made by Royal Mail as we think they give the best service and cover all areas of the UK. The first in the series was an easy five stars, with the second and third book being strong four stars.Enzo Macleod has for years been teaching biology at the university in Toulouse instead of pursuing his brilliant career as a forensic pathologist in Scotland. The main character, Enzo, has already enjoyed an amazing life with two daughters by different mothers, a divorced wife, a dead mistress and a drastic career change resulting in moving to another country. To his right the statue of the Virgin Mary cradling the Baby Jesus watches impassively, impervious now to the prayers he has offered her so piously over so many years. Seven years with Strathclyde police in Glasgow, the last two as head of biology, covering everything from blood pattern interpretation at major crime scenes, to analysis of hairs and fibers.