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28 ratings, 3.54 average rating, 9 reviews
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published
July 17th 2007
by Carroll & Graf
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Hardcover, 256 pages
isbn
0786719575
(isbn13: 9780786719570)
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Joe Sandilands is back and headed to France where he’s scheduled to stay as the guest of a glamourous French war window on her estate. The widow...more
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Read in November, 2006
TUG OF WAR (Licensed Investigator-France-1926) – VG
Cleverly, Barbara – 6th in series
Constable, 2006-Hardcover
*** Commander Joe Sandilands is planning to take his 14-year-old niece, Dorcas, to be reunited with her father in the South of France. However, his superior has asked that he stop in Reims. A former soldier, suffering from shell shock, residing at a local sanatorium, is being claimed as the husband of a wealthy owner of a champagne vineyard. The woman’s son claims his mothe...more
Cleverly, Barbara – 6th in series
Constable, 2006-Hardcover
*** Commander Joe Sandilands is planning to take his 14-year-old niece, Dorcas, to be reunited with her father in the South of France. However, his superior has asked that he stop in Reims. A former soldier, suffering from shell shock, residing at a local sanatorium, is being claimed as the husband of a wealthy owner of a champagne vineyard. The woman’s son claims his mothe...more
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Read in August, 2007
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Finally a historical crime novel that I really enjoyed reading! This author [unlike the authors I've been trying out:] actually writes English competently!
I will look for more of her books [this is her 6th one; she's been publishing one a year:]. The two sleuths are Brits who speak excellent French, and the asides on French language and customs are entertaining and perhaps educational [tho I can't judge that:].
Learned something about WW I from a humanitarian point of view too. It ...more
I will look for more of her books [this is her 6th one; she's been publishing one a year:]. The two sleuths are Brits who speak excellent French, and the asides on French language and customs are entertaining and perhaps educational [tho I can't judge that:].
Learned something about WW I from a humanitarian point of view too. It ...more
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Read in July, 2008
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Libraryrecommends it for: Adults who love Sherlock Holmes
This is my first Joe Sandilands murder mystery and I really enjoyed it. Characters are well developed and the plot has interesting twists and turns. I actually did not get the ending at first and only understood it after a nap because it was based on a pretty small clue much earlier in the book.
British vet, Joe S., is sent by Interpol to France because a shell-shocked war veteran (WW-I) has turned up without speech or memory. France is not sure of his nationality. Four families lay claim to ...more
British vet, Joe S., is sent by Interpol to France because a shell-shocked war veteran (WW-I) has turned up without speech or memory. France is not sure of his nationality. Four families lay claim to ...more
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This one was so tough to rate. I love Joe, but I love him less outside of India. While I enjoyed the mystery, I found the precocious Dorcas irritating. I see that Joe is heading to Paris for his next caper, but I wish he'd board a ship and steam back to India! He truly shines as the even-tempered, gentleman in such an exotic environment.
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Read in December, 2007
A shell-shocked soldier turns up years after the war ends--and sits mute and unresponsive in an asylum. 4 different people have come forward to claim him as their long lost kin. Sandilands is dispatched to discover the "truth".
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This was a nice, frothy, historical mystery set in Champagne right after WWI. I can see this as a movie on PBS.
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Sixth book in Joe Sandilands series. Sandilands is WWI vet and British cop. This book is set in post-WWI France.
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Post-WWI detective story. Cute, good twists. But not as good as the Regeneration trilogy...
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Another good book in this series. Sandilands is in France post WWI. A good read.
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