Blowback, Peter May
Blowback, Peter May
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Blowback
The Enzo Files, Book 5

Author: Peter May

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2011


Synopsis

When Frances top chef, Marc Fraysse, summoned the worlds press to make a shattering announcement, rumors abounded that he was about to lose one of his three coveted Michelin stars. Instead, on arrival at his remote restaurant on a volcanic plateau in central France, they were greeted with the news that the troubled genius had been murdered, and the message he intended to deliver was never made. Seven years later, his killing and the identity of his killer still remain an enigma. Enzo Macleod takes on his fifth cold case and delves into the big business and high stakes of French haute cuisine. As winter sets in and snow gathers along a volcanic horizon, he retraces longcold footsteps across a remote hilltop. But unraveling the complex web of relationships that surrounded the brilliant and mercurial chefa spurned lover, a jealous wife, an estranged brother, an embittered food criticalso leads to strange parallels with his own life. And in opening up this celebrated cold case, he finds himself reopening old wounds from his past. A Posioned Pen Press Mystery

About Peter May

Peter May has been covering and writing about sports for more than three decades, for the last several years as a Boston-based correspondent for the New York Times. At the Boston Globe, he specialized in covering the Boston Celtics and the NBA, earning numerous writing awards. He also covered three Super Bowls, two World Series, the 2004 Olympics, and a number of international basketball tournaments. He is a senior lecturer in journalism at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. May is the author of four books: The Big Three: Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish: The Best Frontcourt in the History of Basketball; The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Boston Celtics, the NBA's Greatest Team of All-Time; Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family with Kim Mulkey; and Top of The World: The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics' 2007-08 Championship Season.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline

This is the fifth cold-case of seven that Enzo has vowed to solve in France. This time, a famous chef with a Michelin 3-Star rating on his dining room, was murdered 7 years ago. Or was he? There is little evidence for a forensics expert to go on, but Enzo has a feeling that if he keeps talking to th......more

Goodreads review by Alan

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Goodreads review by Eric_W

We have dog detectives, cat detectives, recipe mysteries, vampire sleuths, etc. Most of these I ignore. At least a university professor who is a forensic science expert and works on cold cases makes sense. Enzo MacLeod, is investigating the cold case murder of Marc Fraysse, a three star restaurant ch......more