Bussi's thrillers in French are expensive, to me, on Amazon, but I love his characters, thriller plots, and settings in various French external territories. This one is set on the island of Guadeloupe and begins with wonderful descriptions of the mangroves there, and heads to a dramatic encounter in the middle of the mangrove waters.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked following Mrs. Plansky as she seems to blunder her way along, forgetful and bumbling, although she does solve a mystery, find her son Jack and friend Kev, who had been kidnapped, and holds the secret to the location of a valuable Peruvian artifact. She also knows why the body of a perpretrator won't be found.
The character in the book that I liked next best was Fairbanks, the alligator that lives in the large pond nearby Mrs. Plansky's condo in Florida. Fairbanks plays a part in the drama and the suspense, and becomes Mrs. Plansky's silent co-conspirator.
I do hope Mrs. Plansky shows up again in another suspense/adventure. It would be the third in the series.
Next on the list, after I've read all the books I already started!
North Korean spies, a CIA Korean American operative, and South Koreans, all in Oxford, combine to make a kind of spy thriller.
The setting in Oxford is the Oxford Soju Club, owned by Jinhoo Lim, a South Korean immigrant to England. The book is described as a story of immigrants surviving in a new environment: "Oxford Soju Club weaves a tale of how immigrants in the Korean diaspora are forced to create identities to survive, and how in the end, they must seek their true selves."
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These are all new to me! I hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThese are all new to me too. I love the cover of the Quinn book.
ReplyDeleteI am going to see if I can get any Bussi books here!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
I'm 'coupling' two linked books ATM... A fictional account of D-Day through the eyes of a troop of British tanks 'The Killing Ground' by Elleston Trevor and a real non-fiction account of the same period 'By Tank Into Normandy' by Stuart Hills.
ReplyDeleteIt takes me five times as long when I read in French, and it's a struggle for every word. I gave up on the group read for Paris in July this year. Maybe I will try again next year.
ReplyDeleteI need to look up the first Mrs. Plansky book. I am interested in reading books with older characters.
Okay, I did read and enjoy the first Mrs. Plansky book---it slipped my mind. I shall look for book two.
ReplyDeleteBussi’s book sounds so intriguing and I think I would love to hang out with Mrs. Plansky!
ReplyDeleteI'll take the trip to Oxford and Gualdaloupe for sure. Nice summeries of the books.
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