Giacometti and Revene’s Shadow Ritual…

(Eric Giacometti and Jacques Revene, trans. Anne Trager, Shadow Ritual, Le French Book, 2015, 978-1-939474-29-2 (ebook)/ 978-1-939474-30-8 (trade paperback) /978-1-939474-31-5 (hardback))

Mysteries and thrillers set in historical contexts represent one of my weak points. I’ve written a few that come close in their dependence on historical backstory (my character Castilblanco is a history dilettante) and have read many more. The startling success of Brown’s The DaVinci Code caused a resurgence...