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The Crypt Thief: A Hugo Marston Novel
Written by Mark Pryor
Narrated by Todd McLaren
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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It's summer in Paris, and two tourists have been murdered in Pere Lachaise cemetery in front of Jim Morrison's grave. The cemetery is locked down and put under surveillance, but the killer returns, flitting in and out like a ghost, and breaks into the crypt of a long-dead Moulin Rouge dancer. In a bizarre twist, he disappears under the cover of night with part of her skeleton.
One of the dead tourists is an American and the other is a woman linked to a suspected terrorist; so the U.S. ambassador sends his best man and the embassy's head of security-Hugo Marston-to help the French police with their investigation.
When the thief breaks into another crypt at a different cemetery, stealing bones from a second famed dancer, Hugo is stumped. How does this killer operate unseen? And why is he stealing the bones of once-famous can-can girls?
Hugo cracks the secrets of the graveyards but soon realizes that old bones aren't all this killer wants . . .
One of the dead tourists is an American and the other is a woman linked to a suspected terrorist; so the U.S. ambassador sends his best man and the embassy's head of security-Hugo Marston-to help the French police with their investigation.
When the thief breaks into another crypt at a different cemetery, stealing bones from a second famed dancer, Hugo is stumped. How does this killer operate unseen? And why is he stealing the bones of once-famous can-can girls?
Hugo cracks the secrets of the graveyards but soon realizes that old bones aren't all this killer wants . . .
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good read, after this second Hugo Marston novel I am really thinking the series will be very good. This book in its own is good, not quite as good as the first, but it kept me flipping the pages quickly! A little too much specific detail writing at times in places that were a little dark but I guess that's an attribute to the author that I was really visualizing. It has the same depth of characters, layered plots and intriguingly unique storylines.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5“Right now it doesn’t matter who’s right and who’s wrong. The simple truth is, if we treat this as a terrorist act we get more resources from our people and more cooperation from the French.” (Quotation page 27)Content A man at the famous Père Lachaise cemetery at night, two whispering voices near the headstone of “James Douglas Morrison”. The next morning a young man and a woman are found dead near the grave. When Hugo Marston arrives at his office at the US embassy, he finds his friend, CIA-man Tom Green, deep in conversation with is boss, Ambassador Taylor. The dead man is American, the son of a senator. The woman on the other hand seems to be connected to terrorism. Definitely a case for the CIA. When Hugo sees a strange injury at the shoulder of the dead woman and more unusual transactions are found out, Hugo Marston, also an experienced profiler, is sure, that there must be not only a terroristic background. Somebody is collecting very special items and does it with a system that Hugo has to find out with high urgency, in order to prevent further assassinations. Who is this person moving unseen between graveyards and leaving small figurines, scarabs, with his victims?Theme and genreThis thriller is the second book of the Hugo Marston Novel Series, with gripping actions and investigations and the psychological conflict shows what a painful childhood can make to the later adult person.CharactersAgain, they work together, officially and nonofficially too: Hugo Marston, Tom Green and Capitaine Garcia from the French police.Plot and writingThis second case definitely is much more a thriller than a crime investigation, such as the first Hugo-Marston-Novel. A serial killer, lots of action and some unsettling crime scenes could definitely be too much for fainthearted readers. However, the story is still believable, well developed and thrilling. The plot combines two alternating narrative storylines, one of it telling the activities of the Scarab.ConclusionAn exciting and gripping read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5murder, law-enforcement, paris, madness, serial-killer, audiobook Hugo Marston is an exceptional investigator with a complicated past, as is his old friend Tom, and then there are Capitale Raul Garcia and reporter Claudia. They work kind of together to solve some really difficult but overlapping cases, including Tom's worsening alcoholism. The main thing is identifying and stopping a madman with a horrible agenda. Very well done! Todd McLaren is the excellent narrator for this series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In many ways the weakest of the Hugo Marston novels I've read. More violence than the others or at least more graphic. The villain is "bad" physically & mentally scarred as opposed to the physically prime hero. It does have a stronger depiction of one of the recurring character, reporter Claudia, who takes independent action. Overall an entertaining read, just less so than the other novels in the series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Number 2 in the series. Hugo Marston lead character is Head of Security at US Embassy in Paris. Desecration of graves at Pere La Chaise leads our hero on the trail of serial killer.Book reads more like a class B detective flick from the 80'sShootings,chases,alcoholic agents,pretty girls.Fast easy read . Men will love the characters in this book. Moulin Rouge girls included.