Suggestion for editors: If a book is based in France, find an audiobook reader who is at least slightly acquainted with the language.

Tyle samo jest go w bohaterach (och, jaki cudowny jest komisarz Bruno Paulik, kocham gościa), chętnie spotkałabym ich w jakiejś kafejce. Georges Moette, director of theology at the Université d'Aix--a very unpopular fellow with plenty of enemies.Priests and nuns with academic credentials, while just as qualified, are significantly cheaper to employ than their lay counterparts , and are more able to provide support and advice for students planning to emulate them. Dit vind ik toch jammer, want dit haalt de vaart uit het verhaal en nu was ik toch vaker geneigd om het boek aan de kant te leggen. Dla wielu osób pewno byłoby nudne i bez akcji, ale na mnie działa w tych okropnych czasach jak balsam.

We know their background--well, for most of them--their lives, their relationships and personal passions; Bruno's love of opera and Verlaque's cigars. Professor Moutte, the Doyen of the School of Theology at the University of Aix, is found murdered in his office. My weakness for french cuisine did cause hold ups in the reading as I diverted from the text to look up the recipe of a particular delicious morcel ( in case it had anything to do with the plot - you understand! Will Judge Antoine Verlaque, his on again/off again lady friend law professor Marine Bonnet and Commissioner Bruno Paulik of the Aix police unravel these mysteries?Posted in One Nightstand | Tagged Antione Verlaque, armchair travel, books set in Europe, books set in France, books set in Provence, Fiction, Jim Harris, M.

The author obviously knows France but she seems incapable of putting that knowledge to use, to make the characters sound French, apart from a guided tour of the streets of Aix-en-Provence. The prospective recipients and others close to Moutte make up a long list of suspects, but Verlaque isn't convinced any of the eager students or desperate teachers are capable of murder, and he must dig deeper. He has promised to name the recipient of the Dumas fellowship for which there are several competing and hopeful candidates, but instead he drops a bomb that he is not going to retire. Dat draagt bij aan de sfeer die de auteur neerzet, maar hierdoor zitten er ook wel wat dalen in de spanningsboog, op een gegeven moment hoop je toch dat er vooral wordt toegewerkt naar de ontknoping.Nicely written, easily read, and the murder of the professor is solved after lots of food is eaten, lots of wine drunk, several cigars smoked, and we learn a lot more about Verlaque's back story. Persoonlijk zal ik een vervolg niet oppakken, echter denk ik wel dat er genoeg mensen zijn die hiervan zullen smullen, vooral als je een beetje bekend bent met de Franse taal. Plus, if you are reading Aixcentric because you like Aix, you will love all the spot-on descriptions of the town. Door alle verschillende verdachten zit er redelijk wat vaart in het verhaal, er moet veel worden onderzocht en er is minder ruimte voor uitgebreide beschrijvingen, al wordt er zeker nog voldoende gepraat over eten, drinken en sigaren, (culturele) geschiedenis, de onderlinge relaties en het persoonlijke leven van de personages. Almost all our characters are French (apart from the handful of Italians) and are deemed to be speaking French to each other despite the text being written in English, a long-standing convention in writing fiction in a language other than that of the characters.

And as a personal peeve, this book makes sure on several occasions to assure us that the main female character is beautiful. Supposedly people who like Guido Brunetti like this series as well, but I'll stick with the pasta-loving, grappa-drinking Veneziano from now on. The head of Aix University’s Theology is expected to announce both the winner of the prestigious Dumas fellowship, and, with his retirement, the appointment of his successor—who will acquire his very luxurious apartment.

The investigation is headed by Verlaque, a judge who maintains good relations with the men he works with as well as benefiting from the helping hand of his girlfriend, Marine Bonnet, a law professor.