[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanning requests anyone?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:56:39 -0700 (PDT)
I've come across a mystery author whose books I
haven't read yet but the book flap synoposes sound
interesting and the reviews have been good. Her name
is Batya Gur and her protagonist is an "Sephardic"
detective, Insp. Michael Ohayon. The settings are
contemporary Israel. Apparently there are six books in
the series--and I guess that will be all, since the PW
review of the most recently published book, Murder in
Jerusalem, mentions that she died in August of 2005.
Here is part (so as not to violate any copyright laws)
oof the review as posted on the library catalog:
"Gur's tremendous literary gifts are on full display
in her sixth contemporary Israeli mystery to feature
the understated but insightful Sephardic detective,
Insp. Michael Ohayon (after 2005's Bethlehem Road
Murder). The death of set designer Tirzah Rubin, ...
appears to be an accident, but later evidence that it
was murder brings Ohayon and his team into the swirl
of personalities and politics that make up the
national TV station, Channel One.... Once again, Gur
uses a classic whodunit plot to explore human passions
and insecurities with a sophistication equal to that
of P.D. James and other better known authors of
psychological crime fiction. The concluding moral
dilemma Ohayon faces would have been fascinating to
follow in future inquiries that will, alas, go
unwritten, as Gur died in 2005. (Aug.)"
Cindy
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