Review: Real page turner and unpredictable thriller, refreshment in the sea of average thriller titles…
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2013
“The Paris Lawyer” by Sylvie Granotier is a thrilling story about one woman's attempt to solve the great mystery of her life, the author’s first novel translated into English but hopefully not the last because of its quality.The novel’s main character, young attorney from Paris named Catherine Monsigny, as a child was the only witness to a hideous crime when her mother was murdered.Catherine is woman full of ambition, though besides working on pro bono cases until she got involved in a major felony case that could help her in future career.The case is about a black woman Myriam Villetreix, accused of poisoning her wealthy husband man who apparently saved her from deportation by marrying her.This murder happened in a peaceful French village which hides many secrets and the same place where Catherine's mother was murdered when she was small girl.And while starting work on this case, slowly her own past begins to interwoven with things that are happening in the present.So Catherine at the same time will have to solve the case that can bring her career to the stars, but also a secret that marked her childhood and a whole life...Sylvie Granotier was completely unknown writer for me prior to reading of this novel, later I learned that she is author of fourteen novels and many short stories, and a major crime fiction author in France.“The Paris Lawyer” story is full of twists and turns, and the way in which the action unfolds and becomes entangled in many ways resembles a worldwide hit novel “Gone Girl”.It is difficult to write anything about the book and its story, and at the same time not spoil the pleasure of reading but the experience of the author in creating compelling characters and thrilling story is obvious.And although this is an exciting thriller, at the same time this is a story about family dramas, of severe crises that are affecting the families and of how people deal with such difficulties, how they continue to live after their tragedies…What sets her novel apart from others is the fact that most of the time a reader will ask her/himself where the story will go, making it at the same time a real page turner and unpredictable thriller, refreshment in the sea of average thriller titles.And these all are reasons why “The Paris Lawyer” by Sylvie Granotier I can recommend to thriller/mystery fans worldwide.