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CRIME BOOKS
The Globe And Mail
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Page: D16
Section: Book Review
Byline: Margaret Cannon

A TWIST OF ORCHIDS

By Michelle Wan, Doubleday Canada, 328 pages, $29.95

This is the third novel in Wan's delightful Death in the Dordogne series. Who knew that Guelph, Ont., could generate such Gallic glory?

Expats Mara Dunn and Julian Wood are spending the winter in splendour, enjoying the countryside and dining on wonderful local foods. It seems to be ideal, but then a close friend is killed in a mysterious fall and a local youth is found dead of a drug overdose. And, of course, there are orchid thieves about.

As events move, Mara and Julian begin to think that everything, including their relationship, is falling apart. They may find a killer and lose everything else.

 

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