The Last Crimes of Charles Mistinguett - Softcover
Praise from Publishers Weekly: "Charming thriller . . . chases across Europe and tightly written gun battles. A delight for anyone who enjoys French crime cinema from the 1970s." And from Booklist: "This slick thriller combines the noirish cool of French cinema (think Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai) with an almost jaunty, witty charm (Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief and Charade). Stylishly written and cleverly plotted crime fiction." Charles Mistinguett, the French-Algerian narrator of James L. Ross's newest novel, is a retired criminal living on the Cote d'Azur who wants nothing more than to be left alone to enjoy his ill-gotten gains. He would never claim to be innocent of all things, only of the charges laid against him by the French government: murder, extortion, terrorism--useful lies if agents of the state plan to execute a man without trial. James L. Ross's debut novel Long Pig was a 2012 Shamus nominee for best paperback original. And reviewing Death in Budapest, Publishers Weekly declared, "Fans of hard-edged spy novels will hope that this is but the first of many from Ross . . . twists straight out of John Le Carre [and] sardonic wit."
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About the Author:
James L. Ross won acclaim from fellow writers and reviewers for his first two novels, Long Pig and Death in Budapest. His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
From Booklist:
“I was abducted on Tuesday, the second evening of October, and became an accomplice to murder on Friday.” So testifies fiftysomething Charles Mistinguett, a shady financial consultant, hotelier on the Côte d’Azur, and semiretired crook. Unfortunately, his past has come back to haunt him in the form of a visit from an aging thug, who hopes to blackmail Charles into committing a simple little murder. Charles demurs, and soon enough he has become the Ping-Pong ball in a spirited contest between several officials of the French government who have something to hide about their involvement with an African dictator. Charles is everybody’s fall guy, but he’s not quite ready to fall—and definitely not ready to see his mistress, daughter, and son fall with him. This slick thriller combines the noirish cool of French cinema (think Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï) with an almost jaunty, witty charm (Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief and Charade). Stylishly written and cleverly plotted crime fiction. --Bill Ott
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1484875494
- ISBN 13 9781484875490
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages204
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