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The Night Gate

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The Night Gate

By: Peter May
Narrated by: Peter Forbes
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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 seventy 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.

(P)2021 Quercus Editions Limited©2021 Peter May Crime Crime Thrillers Historical Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction War Mystery
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Critic reviews

One of the glories of the modern crime novel
The Night Gate transports the reader back and forth in time and across Europe . . . May uses his intimate knowledge of Scotland and rural France to his advantage, and his expert scene-setting really brings these locations to life. [A] very enjoyable read . . . fascinating historical insights
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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

A real page Turner

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Another excellent book by Peter May. Definitely one of my favourites. I was hooked from start to finish

excellent

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A good story but a little difficult to separate the foreign characters early on. Would make a good film!

A good yarn

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Had to start this 4 seperate occasions.
I couldn't concentrate on it, kept losing the thread.
I enjoyed parts but was bored with others. Narration was excellent

Took me a while

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Peter May at his best. Thoroughly enjoyed the latest Enzo Story. Gripping right to the end. Peter Forbes read so beautifully. Do hope Mr May has another story about Enzo and Family. Janet, Kent

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