Book Title: The Orchid Shroud: A Novel of Death in the DordogneAuthor: Michelle WanPublisher: Doubleday (division of Random House)Publication date: 2006Review date: 2011Stars: 3.5(1-didn’t like it; 2-it was ok; 3-liked it; 4-really liked it; 5-it was amazing)Interior designer, Mara Dunn, is renov...
The name meant “in bulk” or “loose goods.” He grew up large and brutish, with an oversized head, slack mouth, and pale hair that stood up in tufts. He lived with his mother in a grim farmhouse, eking out an existence from a few hectares of soggy land in a valley below the village of Malpech. The ...
He was sprawled on an ebony and bronze art deco sofa, the most uncomfortable piece of furniture in her front room. One of last year’s acquisitions, the sofa was shaped like a boat and was the only thing big enough for him to sprawl on. However, its contours, as everyone who sat on it discovered, ...
I didn’t even bother calling Roz. My life was going down the toilet; why did I need a job? I wound up at Al’s, leaning on my elbows at the bar while Jimmy set up for the afternoon trade. The place was empty except for us. Al was out somewhere, probably sizing up lady mud wrestlers. By now I’d alr...