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The first installment in the Anthony Award-nominated series set in Paris, featuring Detective Aimee Leduc. Other books in the series, also available from Soho: Murder in the Sentier, Murder in Belleville, and Murder in the Bastille.
"A Paris so real one can hear and smell the street. Her characters are just as real. . . . Compelling."-Publishers Weekly, starred
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Bad Guy Tells His Life Story.......2007-05-04
Do we need still another novel where the bad guy holds a gun on the good guy (in this case a gal) and is conned into telling his unabridged autobiography? Yes, mystery fans, here it is again, the oldest cliché there is. You and I both know that when this stalling technique is applied the bad guy is doomed. Sure the scene is supposedly used to create suspense and provide expositiory material, but gosh I just sit there and fight hard not to throw the book against the wall. It is also sad that the era of detective footwork seems to be over. CSI has ruined that for us on TV, and Ms Black contributes to this technique of overcoming detection difficulties by using technology to fill the gaps. Her heroine gets information by instantly, yes instantly, hacking into any secure computer system she wants to. Yup, she just sits down, boots the computer, and while we are still trying to download our email she has entered the government's top secret computer files.
Might I also ask the question of why are PI story writers so enamored of detectives with physical or mental quirks? We now have private eyes who are encumbered with various stages of bodily paralysis, drinking problems, and to top them all, author Jeff Lindsay has come up with a crime solver who is a psychopathic serial killer (his novels are actually quite entertaining). All Ms Black can muster here is a dwarf sidekick whom bad guys hang up on a coat hook to get him out of the way. His character is left almost totally unexplored.
The novel concerns Nazis (original, huh?) who, not to the jaded reader's surprise, are still milling about in present day Paris. These consist of the modern day "neos", and some who are still left over from WWII, despite the fact that age must be an encroaching problem for most of them. Ms Black has a limited number of characters in the novel, and, surprise!, they all are intertwined somehow. If there are only ten characters in a book, and you know that nine of them didn't murder anybody, well...hmmm. You got it! Character number ten is the very bad person.
Parts of this tale are somewhat exciting, but the writing overall is quite pedestrian. I was going to give this book a 3 star rating, but have deducted one star for the author's cop out fantasy in using unbelievable hacking skills to provide information to help solve the crime.
Good atmosphere, characters, needs work on the plot.......2006-05-31
Black's story of murder in the Parisian Jewish quarter has some very good points. The French atmosphere is sufficiently well drawn to draw me in. (Other reviewers have commented on various errors, only one was so strong as to violate suspension of disbelief for me.) Many of the characters were well-drawn, especially the lives of the secondary protagonist and his war-time lover. Aimee herself does not quite work for me, but that seems as much a problem of plot as of character.
The plot itself, there's the problem. Where the story focuses on the intimate atmosphere of the Marias, it shines. Where it tries to link itself to French national politics and the machinations of an important French politician, it falls flat. Moreover, one should not create a character who is an expert in a field (in this case computer forensics) without enough reseach to make the details plausible. What details are given make Aimee's computer work about as plausible as Sandra B's efforts in _The Net_. (Others have noted the technical errors with firearms.)
An enjoyable read, but needs some serious editing by someone familiar with French language and slang, computer forensics, and firearms. Maintaining a consistent scale might help. (If the adventure is set in a neighborhood, let it stay there -- the story would have been as good without dragging in international political intrigue.) Perhaps another perusal of Raymond Chandler's essay on mystery writing would be of use to the author.
A Good First Novel.......2005-06-11
I bought the book at a university bookstore because I wanted something to read while waiting for my husband to complete a meeting with an architect and I'd already finished reading the book I had with me. Partly I bought it because of the beautiful buildings in the cover photograph (arcitecture on the brain, I guess), partly because I like mysteries, and partly because, like other readers, the premise intrigued me. Overall, while I didn't love it, I enjoyed it a lot. To say the least, I wasn't as disappointed as some were. While I agree with the reviewer that Aimee Leduc is a bit reminiscent of Stephanie Plum (without the bike shorts, Morelli, and Ranger to save her from herself), I disagree that reading the book was a waste: it wasn't.
It begins strongly with a very interesting question - how much exactly does our past influence our present and, more importantly, the present of those too young to know the past? Specifically, Black asks what happened to all of the Nazis who escaped, who blended into the Allied woodwork. Could they be around still? Could our lives' paths cross? What would happen if they did?
Soli Hecht, a Nazi hunter and old friend of investigator Aimee Leduc's father, hires her to decipher the meaning behind an encrypted Israeli military file containing half of a photo of a cafe in occupied Paris. Aimee takes the case reluctantly, not enjoying personal contact work, as her field is more computer related security; however, she is sucked in by a combination of financial necessity, curiousity, conflicted feelings about her late father, and the corpse she finds while attempting to deliver the results of her initial investigation. From then, the plot grows complicated, even a bit convoluted, with neo-Nazis and shadowy figures attempting to silence Aimee and her partner, Rene.
The best parts of the novel are those involving Paris, its history, its mores, and its inhabitants, especially the WW II bits. Black is at her best when explaining the complex channels through which Aimee crawls (sometimes literally) to complete her assignment. In these sections, atmosphere and setting are crucial, and Black melds them seemlessly into the contemporary crime narrative. I don't care whether her explanations of French political processes are valid - that's why they call it fiction - and criticism of her on this point is petty. After all, if I wanted to study the truth of the assassination of JFK, I wouldn't ask Oliver Stone.
Her weaknesses, although few, are significant. The first is the affectation of the partner. Partners are fine and they certainly enhance a plot. After all, what would have happened to Spade if Archer hadn't tailed Thursby that night? The problem is the partner-as-dwarf. I find it false, far-fetched, and, honestly, a little irritating, smacking of comic relief where none is needed. Specifically, I mean the scene in the morgue in which Rene is out of commission because he's been hung by his suspenders from a door jamb by a bad guy. Couldn't another, more realistic plot device have been found? Also, the dwarf conceit requires Aimee to carry Rene. Literally.
The sceond weakness enters due to the first. Because Rene is a dwarf, Aimee has to be larger than life. She fights like a Kung Fu master, kicking, climbing, and stopping short only of leaping tall buildings in a single bound. While she may be a black belt in some martial art, I find it another affectation. If an author asks her readers to suspend disbelief and live in her relatively realistic world, then her world needs to be. . . well, relatively realistic. The computer genius can be smart, funny, promiscuous, and carry a lot of emotional baggage, but let's not make her a perfect size 6, and able to scale old French buildings in stolen 5 inch heeled designer shoes.
In general, the book was a good read, a quick moving plot (just over a week, according to the title pages), with a clever and resourceful heroine, a lightly humorous tone, and a lot of intersting history. Since this whole reading-for-entertainment thing is self-explanatory, I don't expect much more from a novel. If I wanted to intellectually sweat my way through life, I'd finish my PhD in literature quicker. Instead, I think I'll sit on the beach and read Black's other novels.
Just plain bad..........2005-02-26
I had every intention of liking this book. I liked the premise (a woman gumshoe in Paris), the setting (Paris - who can screw that up?) even the book cover. But alas, no amount of good marketing can save poor writing. The first two sentences should be a clue to just how bad it will get later on: "Aimee Leduc felt his presence before she saw him. As if ghosts floated in his wake in the once elegant hall." The "once elegant hall" is never explained or even aluded to as we discover that Aimee is in fact in her office. Half a page down the chocolate croissant makes its first appearance, only to reappear several pages later "... she dunked a buttery croissant in a steamy bowl of cafe au lait." Fodor's does the "French atmosphere" much better - but then Fodor's hires professional writers who do not employ cliches.
Sentences are clipped and often make no sense within the context of a paragraph. (These are English 1A level mistakes). Characters (including Aimee herself) are poorly developed and cartoon-like, Paris is a city straight out of a poorly written tourist throwaway brochure, the plot meanders and in the end does not make sense.
Stay away from this or other Cara Black books!
engrossing and thought provoking.......2004-11-11
Murder in the Marais is an extremely good example of what a mystery novel can do. In exploring the motivations behind the murders in the old Jewish district of Paris, the author deals with the passions,cowardice and courage of the characters she writes about, which means the book tackles no less a subject than life itself.
If the cobblestones could speak, a haunting tale like this would be told. Sounds, smells and layers of history gave this novel dimensions rare in a first novel.
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Fun.......2005-06-17
I first read Castleview fifteen years ago and to this day it is one of my favorite novels! It was fast paced, puzzling, hilarious, exausting and the most fun I've ever experienced reading a book. I'm buying a copy for my nephew.
So much promise, so little reward.......2004-06-12
In this frustrating and ultimately not-worthwhile book, Wolfe takes an incredible premise (an Arthurian castle that appears on the outskirts of a middle America town, but is only visable to certain people) and totally ruins it.
Having read a great amount of Arthurian literature (both modern and classic - like Malory, de Troyes, and von Eschenbach), I can honestly say that the plot is incomprehensible. Very few characters have any parallel to Arthurian figures (other than an occasional name), and most of them behave in a completely bizarre fashion.
I slugged my way through every last agonizing page in hopes that the end might clear up the mysteries of this book... only to be disappointed again. My only guess is that Wolfe wrote this book while on drugs, his publisher agreed to publish it based on his prior reputation alone, and that anyone who claims to have enjoyed it is a diehard Wolfe fan that won't admit that this book is a total failure.
I had absolutely no idea what was going on.......2002-01-17
Gene Wolfe's CASTLEVIEW is the second of his turn of the 90's trilogy of fantastical fiction novels. The first, THERE ARE DOORS, was a rather confusing but ultimately comprehendible book, but with CASTLEVIEW the reader has no idea what's going on.
CASTLEVIEW is perhaps the most infamous of Gene Wolfe's novels. Wolfe has always like to present puzzles to the reader, and every book he's written is filled with mysteries, allusions, and inside jokes. The answers to these are usually to be found after some diligent reading and research, and in any event the main plot can always be followed. In CASTLEVIEW, even the plot is totally baffling. Apparently it has something to do with magical creatures and characters from folklore, especially King Arthur and company, plaguing a modern town outside of Chicago. That's really all one can say for certain after reading the book. The entire point of the book is an enigma, and it doesn't appear that Wolfe has included the key anywhere in its 200+ pages. My personal hypothesis right after reading the book was that 50 pages or so fell out of my copy during the printing process, so that I missed the part where everything comes together. However, I read the same copy everyone else did, and no one's ever shown it was incomplete.
Ignoring the fact that the book goes right over the heads of its audience, CASTLEVIEW is not one of Wolfe's stronger works. I was annoyed by the speed in which Wolfe introduced new characters, so that it was difficult to follow who's who. Chapters end abruptly on some mysterious development which may create suspense but which irks the reader. Ironically, the teenagers are the only characters which are portrayed realistically, and the adults are somewhat two-dimensional, which is the opposite of how these sorts of things normally turn out.
Gene Wolfe is truly one of the finest writers in the English language. His four-volume work The Book of the New Sun is legendary, and his latest work The Book of the Short Sun is filled with moments of sublime beauty and poignant emotion. I would most certainly recommend that one read Wolfe's "solar" works first (starting with the BotNS), his magisterial novel PEACE, and just about everything else he's every written before coming to CASTLEVIEW. I do recommend CASTLEVIEW, and reading the book sure does explain why so many Wolfe scholars are beating their heads against the wall on this one. Save CASTLEVIEW for last.
Castleview.......2000-08-14
What a disappointment! I had just finished reading Gene Wolfe's monumental duology, "Shadow and Claw" and "Sword and Citadel," arguably one of the most erudite, complex and unique fantasy tales ever written, only to have my expectations dashed by this piece of juvenile prose filled with poorly drawn characters. The premise was of some interest but the story could have been so much more compelling and enticing if it were not so shallow in style. Don't bother reading this one.
Confusing but a Great read.......1999-05-02
That seems to be the byline on this one. I even bought a book of Arthurian legend but it didn't help much. Yet even without understanding exactly what happened this book kept me on the edge of my seat. A very good ride, even if you don't know where you are going.
This book, more than any other, taught me to enjoy the journey with Wolfe and quit rushing to find out what happens in the end.
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- The perfect gift for people you love when they're diagnosed with Cander.
- Not your fault!
- A powerful message but not scientifically prooven
- hope, but not false hope
- a read that cheers you up
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Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day--patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery.
"Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookstore and get this amazing book that explains how you can 'think' yourself sick or well...Every family should have a copy. It can be a lifesaver."
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Customer Reviews:
The perfect gift for people you love when they're diagnosed with Cander........2007-09-19
12+ years ago when my surgeon told me I had breast cancer (my second bout with cancer), she gave me this book. Not only did it help me develop, sustain and exude a positive attitude during my entire treatment phase, but it made me a touchstone for anyone else who was diagnosed with cancer and contacted me. Since that time, whenever someone that is near and dear to me, someone that I truly love and want to do something positive for when they are diagnosed with cancer, I give them a copy of this book. Not one of them has died to date. My most recent gift of the book has been to my husband and he is visibly changing his attitude as he reads it.
Not your fault!.......2007-07-12
When I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, I read a wide variety of "inspirational" cancer survivor books. The Bloch's Foundation's "Fighting Cancer" (free just contact them) and Norman Cousin's "Anatomy of an Illness" really resonated for me, made sense and reinforced my focus. Bernie Siegel's books on the other hand made me feel that the disease was my fault for having the "wrong" personality and that if I allowed any negative thoughts into my mind, I was putting my recovery in doubt. Heck most of my thoughts during treatment were negative, real negative! I literally threw his books in the trash, probably more of a symbolic gesture, but it felt good. BTW I am cancer free for the last 16 years, fathered a child and getting a kick out every day.
A powerful message but not scientifically prooven.......2007-06-26
Bernie's central theme is that there is a strong correlation between emotional health and physical health. However he rarely cites any scientific evidence for his claim. He keeps repeating this message based on his experiences with random patients. Surely one can conclude many things from random patients, but a theory has to applicable accross a large sample. There has to be a 'control' if the study is to have any scientific merit. I wished he had shown more of these studies.
This would definitely be a five star book had the author been more scientific in prooving his point. Nevertheless I do personally agree with it.
hope, but not false hope.......2007-05-15
I'd pretty much accepted that i was going to die from cancer. My doctors had too. My friend gave me this book and it caused a huge attitude shift in me. Now I feel that I have it within me to heal and live a long happy and healthy life. I've been told there is nothing medically can be done for me. If I hadn't read this book first I would have just laid down and died when they told me. But now I've opened myself up to other tools for healing - good diet, wheatgrass, reiki, meditation and absolutely no sugar. Time will tell, but I think I'm on the right track.
I thought this book was so good that I ordered a copy to give to my oncologist. He's a lovely man and I believe his desire to help his patients will lead him to use this book as a useful tool in the future.
a read that cheers you up.......2007-05-10
Everybody who is confused and scared about what they are going through due to serious health problems should read this book. "Healthy" people also, they will learn a lot.
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- Allergies Lead Me to Soy
- Food-Snob Friends
- Do not waste your money
- Another beautiful cookbook
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The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook: More of Mike Milken's Favorite Recipes for Fighting Cancer and Heart Disease
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In The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook, Mike Milken has once again commissioned chef Beth Ginsberg to transform more than 100 global favorites-- including quiche Lorraine, Spaghetti Bolognese, fajitas and crme brulee, into practically fat-free recipes loaded with cancer-fighting nutrients and soy protein. These low-fat dishes help fight heart disease too.
The ink was barely dry on the first Taste for Living Cookbook (CaP CURE, 1998), when chef/author Beth Ginsberg began perfecting the new recipes for her second collaboration with philanthropist and financier Mike Milken. The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook: Mike Milken's Favorite Recipes for Fighting Cancer and Heart Disease (CaP CURE, October 1999, distributed by Time-Life) explores the vibrant international flavors that have become so much a part of American cooking today.
Ginsberg, a Culinary Institute of America graduate and natural foods chef, is a master at transforming high-fat classics such as spaghetti Bolognese, quiche Lorraine and egg rolls into soy-rich fare that meets the high standards for healthfulness and flavor that Mike requested when she became his personal and corporate chef.
"Don't give up the dishes and the flavors you love," encourages Ginsberg. "Change the ingredients. Adapt your cooking methods. You dont need lots of fat for food to taste great."
When Mike Milken was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 1993, he quickly swore off the high-fat fare that he had eaten most of his life. He also founded CaP CURE, the Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate. Working with some of the nation's top cancer researchers, he recognized the vital importance of cutting fat and increasing the consumption of soy protein to 40 grams daily--not an easy feat for a man who used to eat a fried-egg-and-bacon sandwich every morning.
L.A. chef/ restaurateur Beth Ginsberg convinced him that she could create healthy versions of his favorite dishes. Through the Taste for Living cookbooks, Mike and Beth share these great recipes with people who love to eat and people who want to lower their risk of cancer and heart disease through a healthy diet.
The more than 100 recipes in The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook are all easy to follow, and each is accompanied by a complete nutritional analysis. Colorful icons tell the cook how long it takes to prepare a recipe from start to finish. Most are well under one hour.
The all-new Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook is organized into 14 complete menus, each featuring the cuisine of a particular country or region. Youll find some of the best known dishes from the French, Italian and Chinese repertoire. Youll be tempted by the aromatic flavors of the Indian, Caribbean, Mexican and American offerings. Individual menus offer appetizers, main course options and scrumptious (and wonderfully healthful) desserts.
As a bonus, the final section focuses on Mike's love for American junk food. From corn dogs to chocolate cupcakes, doughnuts to deep-dish pizza, you'll find recipes for the foods you thought were forbidden in a healthy diet. Ginsberg has not only taken the fat out of these notorious bad-guys of the American menu, she's enriched their nutrition profiles with soy protein, added fiber, vitamins and crucial micronutrients.
The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook doesn't rely on exotic, hard-to-find ingredients to produce flavorful international food. Everything you need--from tofu, tempeh and tamari soy sauce to assorted grains, beans and produce--is available at large supermarkets or natural food stores nationwide. A special section at the back, "The Healthy World Pantry" provides additional information about all the ingredients.
More than a collection of recipes, The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook presents up-to-date nutrition facts in the battle against cancer and heart disease. Sidebars look at different foods currently being studied for their potential roles fighting these chronic diseases. Special contributors David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition and Dean Ornish, M.D., Director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, CA, provide the scientific basis for why this diet works.
Scores of luscious full-color photographs from award-winning Burke-Triolo Studios in Los Angeles prove that low-fat, healthy food can and does look absolutely delicious.
CaP CURE, the Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate, located in Santa Monica, California, is a nonprofit public charity that rapidly identifies and funds promising prostate cancer research. CaP CURE scientists have developed revolutionary vaccines, nutritional therapies and other treatments that give hope to prostate cancer patients. CaP CURE-supported researchers are currently conducting more than 70 human clinical trials of various therapies. The organization also works to raise public awareness of the role that diet plays in reducing the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. All profits from The Taste for Living World Cookbook go to further CaP CURE's research.
From cacciatore to sukiyaki to enchiladas, and from tiramis to banana pudding, The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook is for anyone who cares about enjoying good flavor and good health.
Customer Reviews:
Allergies Lead Me to Soy.......2001-10-24
At the recommendation of my grandmother, I purchased this book for help in preparing recipes prepared with soy. I was diagnosed with many allergies and I can no longer eat dairy products, corn, mushrooms, etc. (that's only the beginning, the list goes on!). I knew about tofu but I didn't know what to do with it. Using this book as a guide, I prepared a spinach lasagne following the ingredience for spinach ravoli (pg. 35). It was delicious, if I don't say so myself! I would definitely recommend this cookbook. I like using it as a guide to help with new ideas in food preparation. Bona Petite!
Food-Snob Friends.......2000-08-11
I loved this book. I've been a vegetarian for years, and have had to live with the scorn of my food-snob friends, many of whom wouldn't come to my house for dinner parties. So I cooked a feast of Ginsberg's recipes and impressed them all-finally. The Chinese food is especially tasty, although the biscotti was terrific. I brought it to work and everyone ate it up.
Do not waste your money.......2000-02-21
The recipes are time intensive and many are tasteless. Health food does not deservice the bad rap.
Another beautiful cookbook.......1999-10-02
I enjoyed the Taste for Living Cookbook so much, I am thrilled that Beth Ginsberg continued to share her creativity in the kitchen in this new book. The WORLD cookbook contains all my favorite Italian, Chinese and Mexican recipes, re-invented with soy protein-- something I know will contribute to a long life for me and my family. And who would have thought we could still enjoy the all-American Chicago deep-dish pizza and Philly cheese steak without sacrificing health?! I have learned so much! Looking forward to Book 3.
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- Murder of a Pink Elephant (Scumble River Mysteries, Book 6)
- No Place Like Home: A Novel
- Not Quite Kosher: An Abe Lieberman Mystery
- On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey: Three Complete Novels/Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Unnatural Death
- On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey: Three Complete Novels/Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Unnatural Death
- Orchid Beach (Holly Barker Novels)
- Pawing Through the Past (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries)
- Photo Finished
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