A Mysterious Review of The Whispering of Bones by Judith Rock. A Charles du Luc Mystery.
Review summary: This is a fine example of a historical mystery that features an intricately devised storyline. The time and place, Paris in the late 17th century, are richly drawn and fully realized, a perfect backdrop to this well-paced and nicely plotted mystery. (Click here for text of full review.)
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The Whispering of Bones
Judith Rock
A Charles du Luc Mystery
Berkley Trade (November 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Paris, 1687. The last thing Jesuit Charles du Luc and his elderly confessor expect to find in an ancient crypt is a newly murdered body. Even more troubling, the shock of discovering the victim — a young man about to enter their order — proves too much for Charles’s companion. Vowing justice, Charles wants nothing more than to discover the killer, but is unexpectedly restrained from investigation.
At the same moment, a fellow soldier has also entered the Jesuit Novice House, bringing Charles’s worst battlefield secret back to haunt him. And when another Jesuit disappears from the college of Louis le Grand and Charles himself is attacked, he begins to wonder whether there might be something more sinister afoot. All signs point to someone targeting Jesuits — and not even an ex-soldier like Charles may be able to escape …
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