The Dying Minutes by Martin O'brien
In 1972 a gold bullion convoy is hijacked in Marseilles. The security trucks and hijackers are swiftly rounded up, but a ton of gold has disappeared. More than twenty years later, Daniel Jacquot receives an unexpected gift from an old fisherman.
The Dying Minutes is a tense and thrilling read, and one that had me on the edge of my seat all the way through * Bookbag *
Crime writing is like the contents of a wine cellarSome bottles are best saved for cleaning the bicycle chain. And then there are bottles like Chateau Lafite which are so exquisite that within a few sips, one is torn between devouring the bottle whole or putting it in a handcrafted leather carafe and sitting back and admiring it. The Dying Minutes by Martin O’Brien is a Chateau Lafite novel: this is high-end, literary crime.... The Dying Minutes perfectly fits the market for the very literary, well-crafted and beautifully written novel * It's a Crime UK *
In terse prose, O’Brien enshrouds the warm and sunny location with darkness, prefiguring harsh revenge and some brutal violence * Herald *
I found this a very unusual police procedural, very evocative of the enticing French way of life - you could almost taste the hot buttered croissants and smell the French black coffee on every page - which makes this English author particularly original. I will certainly look out for more stories by Martin O'Brien in the future. Well Recommended * Eurocrime *
Terrific * Northampton Chronicle and Echo *
Crime writing is like the contents of a wine cellarSome bottles are best saved for cleaning the bicycle chain. And then there are bottles like Chateau Lafite which are so exquisite that within a few sips, one is torn between devouring the bottle whole or putting it in a handcrafted leather carafe and sitting back and admiring it. The Dying Minutes by Martin O’Brien is a Chateau Lafite novel: this is high-end, literary crime.... The Dying Minutes perfectly fits the market for the very literary, well-crafted and beautifully written novel * It's a Crime UK *
In terse prose, O’Brien enshrouds the warm and sunny location with darkness, prefiguring harsh revenge and some brutal violence * Herald *
I found this a very unusual police procedural, very evocative of the enticing French way of life - you could almost taste the hot buttered croissants and smell the French black coffee on every page - which makes this English author particularly original. I will certainly look out for more stories by Martin O'Brien in the future. Well Recommended * Eurocrime *
Terrific * Northampton Chronicle and Echo *
Martin O'Brien was educated at The Oratory School and Hertford College, Oxford. He was Travel Editor at British Vogue in the 1970s and has written for a number of international publications. He is the author of six previous Jacquot novels and lives with his wife and daughters near Cirencester in Gloucestershire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848090620 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848090625 |
| Title | The Dying Minutes |
| Author | Martin O'brien |
| Series | Jacquot |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2013-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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