The Critic (Enzo Files, 2) - Softcover

May, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590585542 ISBN 13: 9781590585542

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Several years ago, Gil Petty, the world's number one wine critic, went missing during a tasting tour of the little-known wine region of Gaillac. Three years ago, his body was discovered, dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Brotherhood of the Order of the Divine Bottle and preserved in red wine before being planted like a scarecrow in a vineyard in southwest France. His murderer was never found. Possible clues to Petty's murder lie in his reviews, but they are locked behind the seemingly unbreakable code he invented to keep them secure from prying eyes prior to publication. A leak to the public would have allowed wine speculators to reap rich rewards. Scots exile and former forensics expert Enzo Macleod reopens this well-chilled case to discover that the genteel world of winemakers hides a business driven by greed, envy, and desperation. Fortified by copious quantities of wine, Enzo hunts an elusive murderer who is quite prepared to kill again. Peter May won the Scottish Young Journalist of the Year Award at 21, and had his first novel published at 26. He then left journalism and became one of Scotland's most successful and prolific television dramatists. The Critic is the sequel to Extraordinary People and second in the Enzo MacLeod series. Peter May is married to writer Janice Hally and lives in France. www.enzomacleod.com

About this title

Review:

He is a terrific writer doing something different. (Mark Billingham)

From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer. (Sophie Hannah)

Wonderfully compelling. (Kate Mosse)

Peter May is an author I'd follow to the ends of the earth. (New York Times)

Dark, exciting and atmospheric. (Scotland on Sunday)

Book Description:

In the second of the cold-case series, a murder mystery in a vineyard serves Enzo Macleod a perfectly chilled conundrum.

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1590585542
• ISBN 13: 9781590585542
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290