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The Night Gate
- the Razor-Sharp Finale to the Enzo Macleod Investigations
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
The brand-new thriller from the number one Sunday Times best seller.
In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than 70 years apart.
Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train - one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of occupied France, the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown.
And Enzo's investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders - the Mona Lisa.
Tasked by the exiled General Charles de Gaulle to keep the world's most famous painting out of Nazi hands after the fall of France in 1940, 28-year-old Georgette Pignal finds herself swept along by the tide of history. Following in the wake of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa as it is moved from château to château by the Louvre, she finds herself just one step ahead of two German art experts sent to steal it for rival patrons - Hitler and Göring.
What none of them know is that the Louvre itself has taken exceptional measures to keep the painting safe, unwittingly setting in train a fatal sequence of events extending over seven decades.
Events that have led to both killings.
The Night Gate spans three generations, taking us from war-torn London, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Berlin and Vichy France, to the deadly enemy facing the world in 2020. In his latest novel, Peter May shows why he is one of the great contemporary writers of crime fiction.
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- steve o.
- 15-05-21
great
totally enjoyed the story and the performance. great book was recommended to me and very glad it was.....
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- Anonymous User
- 13-10-21
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I found this story to be quite unusual and unique and therefore really enjoyed it. Great character development and great descriptive passages, he really takes one to the French provincial village.
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- AM B.
- 23-10-21
Great Read
A gripping story read by one of the best narrators! Didn't want it to end!
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- Mags
- 25-03-21
A real page Turner
First time I have read any of Peter Mays’s work. I shall be reading/ listening to many more. Great story well read loved it
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-08-21
fantastic as always
Great story , narrator wonderful as well. highly recommend anything by Peter May as they are all great stories with well developed characters and always hugely entertaining and gripping from start to finish.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-10-21
do you ever know the truth. wonderful story .
loved it, well read. great when you want to listen but still be active. recommended.
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- Eleanor
- 20-04-21
A convincing theory!
A fascinating story with many threads and the usual details of location which Peter May weaves into an engrossing story. All set during the Covid lockdown. Read with the usual flair by Peter Forbes. He is Enzo!
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- Night Owl
- 07-05-21
Enthralling story
This is a wonderfully crafted book, well researched and compelling enough to keep me hooked to the end.
Two stories intertwined, one set in WWII, the other in the present.
I found it almost hard to get my head around the fact that it includes the COVID pandemic, so current that it was unexpected but, that made it all the more real.
This is a book that really allows the mind to picture it as if it were a film, so well written one can imagine how the characters look and some of the chapters had me literally holding my breath in fear of what was about to happen.
Peter Forbes narrates beautifully, a definite recommendation.
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- Samantha Moss
- 27-03-21
excellent
Another excellent book by Peter May. Definitely one of my favourites. I was hooked from start to finish
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- auntie Biss
- 07-05-21
Fantastic story telling
A dual narrative moving between wartime France & a murder investigation in 2021 Covid France; mixed in with an SOE camp in Scotland and the fate of the Mona Lisa. Fascinating.
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