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Extraordinary People

A stunning cold-case mystery from the bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy (The Enzo Files Book 1)

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Extraordinary People

By: Peter May
Narrated by: Peter Forbes
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**#1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD**
**THE ENZO FILES: PETER MAY'S ADDICTIVE COLD-CASE SERIES**
**'Action-packed' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY**
**'Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusual crime solvers I have ever met' BOOKBROWSE**


In the first book of the Enzo Files, ex forensic scientist Enzo Macleod makes a daring wager and attempts to solve the ten-year-old case of a vanished man

PARIS.

An old mystery.
As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France.

A new science.
Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders, armed with modern technology and a total disregard for the justice system.

A fresh trail.
Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.

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Critic Reviews

A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable
A wonderfully complex book (Peter James, on Entry Island)
He is a terrific writer doing something different
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer (Sophie Hannah)
Wonderfully compelling (Kate Mosse)
Western France - now May's own stamping ground - is as much a character in the book as the Hebrides were in his formidable Isle of Lewis sequence
Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth
One of the best regarded crime series of recent years (Boyd Tonkin, on the Lewis trilogy)
Lyrical, empathetic and moving (Alex Gray)
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships
Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization (Barry Forshaw)
Dark, exciting and atmospheric
Powerful and authentic
Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought
A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending
Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed
All stars
Most relevant
Came to this after listening to Night Gate, very much out of order! But wanted to understand better the characters.
Not disappointed, And French setting well done, and well narrated too by Peter Forbes.
Only quibble re the plot was the somewhat credibility-stretching leaps of faith/logic in deciphering the Dan Brown like codes that went with the various objects associated with the bodies.
However does highlight a feature of audio-books; they are very much of the moment, without the facility in an e-book or better still a hard-copy of 'thumbing' back through to refresh/revisit.
But at the end of the day, Enzo and his complicated family have gotten under my skin, and I guess that is what counts.

Excellent, almost extraordinary!

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Loved it, Peter May writes a superb novel full of suspense and intrigue, it keeps you waiting right up until the end to figure out the killer. Now I need to visit France.

Awesome novel.

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May delivers a complex tale of deceit and treachery. Falls short of superb Coffin Road.

Introduction to Enzo MacLeod

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An extremely well- told tale that held my attention throughout. The Scottish criminologist operating in France was fascinating and the brilliant narration brought the story to life.

Highly recommended and can’t wait to hear the next Enzo adventure.

Gripping

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Quite a good story, in a similar vein to Dan Brown in that there was a trail of clues to find the killer. The characters were ok, but no one there I really loved.
What I didn’t like was what felt like an overuse of all the French names and phrases. The narrator did a great job with the pronunciation, but it was just overkill with 3 or 4 place names in a sentence.

Not a bad read

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