The Black Tower
Louis Bayard, . . Morrow, $24.95 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-06-117350-9
A compelling and sympathetic narrator instantly draws the reader into Bayard’s stellar third historical. In 1818, the notorious Vidocq, a master detective who’s rumored to work on both sides of the law, pulls 26-year-old Parisian doctor Hector Carpentier into a torture-murder inquiry. The victim, Chrétien Leblanc, died without revealing that he was on his way to visit Carpentier, news that comes as a complete shock to the doctor, as the dead man was a stranger to him. Vidocq soon discovers that Leblanc was actually in search of Carpentier’s late father, who bore the same name. The elder Carpentier cared for Louis-Charles, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette’s young son, who died in prison in 1795. Bayard keeps the reader guessing until the end, though the puzzle aspect is less prominent than in his previous novel,
Reviewed on: 07/21/2008
Genre: Fiction
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-1-4332-4657-9
Compact Disc - 978-1-4332-4658-6
MP3 CD - 978-1-4332-4660-9
Open Ebook - 384 pages - 978-0-06-169998-6
Other - 384 pages - 978-0-06-198268-2
Other - 384 pages - 978-0-06-170003-3
Other - 1 pages - 978-1-4332-4662-3
Paperback - 384 pages - 978-0-06-117351-6
Peanut Press/Palm Reader - 384 pages - 978-0-06-169999-3
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-1-4332-7673-6
