Peter May is an excellent writer.

And this book is original enough and quirky enough to keep my attention.

A woman’s husband and his lover (?) are killed by a car bomb in Paris.

The French police rule out terrorism, suspecting murder – and sends Detective Sylvie Braque to shadow their prime suspect: the wife.

I found the ending disappointing, as have most readers.

Details.

Another excellent murder mystery.

When the Department of Energy puts an underground iron mine on its short list of potential sites for storage of nuclear waste, a barrage of protest erupts in Tamarack County, Minnesota, and Cork is hired as a security consultant.

Deep in the mine during his first day on the job, Cork stumbles across a secret room that contains the remains of six murder victims. Five appear to be nearly half a century old—connected to what the media once dubbed “The Vanishings,” a series of unsolved disappearances in the summer of 1964, when Cork’s father was sheriff in Tamarack County.

But the sixth has been dead less than a week.

What’s worse, two of the bodies—including the most recent victim—were killed using Cork’s own gun, one handed down to him from his father. …

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Archer is age-82 as I post.

His most recent series features detective William Warwick.

Over My Dead Body is book #4. Quite good, as usual.

Archer considers himself a story teller, not a writer.

He’s proud that his books have little profanity, violence or sex — yet are entertaining.

In London, the Metropolitan Police have set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit – a cold case squad – to catch the criminals nobody else can. Four victims. Four cases. All killers poised to strike again.

In Geneva, millionaire art collector Miles Faulkner – convicted of forgery and theft – was pronounced dead two months ago. So why is his unscrupulous lawyer still representing a dead client? And who is the mysterious man his widow is planning to marry?

On board luxury cruise liner The Alden, a wealthy clientele have signed up the for opulence and glamour of a trans-Atlantic voyage. But the battle for power at the heart of a wealthy dynasty is about to turn to murder.

And at the heart of all three investigations lies Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick, rising star of the Met. …

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