Review: Duval at Waterloo is a charmer!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
Duval at WaterlooFans of Michele McGrath’s Alain Duval (Napoleon’s Columbo)  will be delighted with this continuation of the French police-man’s adventures, and  new readers will not miss a beat:  in the opening chapter, the author adroitly fills us in on the relevant foreknowledge and also sets up Duval for his new adventures as he resigns from the Paris police force and returns to the country, briefly, to assist his ailing father.Duval is a family man, but he cannot resist Napoleon’s  call to duty as a messenger when the great empire-builder returns from Elba .  The story is compelling and the characters are all expertly drawn, from Napoleon to a colonel Duval is tempted to sign up with, foreshadowing his part in Waterloo.But first  Duval’s careful police work must  save the day by foiling plots against the Emperor’s life.  I read the first 100 pages in  a beta read, and my response is in the words of Oliver Twist. May I have more, please?Anne Carlisle