Neve & Egan Series
by Cristelle Comby
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GENRE: Mystery & Detective
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BLURB:
BOOK 1 – RUSSIAN
DOLLS
Alexandra
Neve is a student at University College London whose world suddenly falls
apart. When her best friend jumps from the university’s rooftop, she can’t stop
herself from asking, ‘Why?’ The police rule her friend’s death a suicide and
for them the case is closed — so whom can she turn to for help?
Sometimes
the person you need the most is the one you least expect to find, and in this
case it’s none other than Ashford Egan, a blind middle-aged history professor,
who’s more willing than most to listen to what she has to say.
Neve
and Egan are as different as they come. She’s restless, careless at times, and
fearless when the need arises, while he’s almost the complete opposite: a deep
thinker with an analytical mind, a highly rational and collected individual. As
they enter the violent world of the Russian mafia, they must overcome their
differences and learn to work together. It’s their only chance if they want to
survive.
BOOK 2 – RUBY HEART
When
elderly client Doris Hargrave informs private investigator Alexandra Neve that
her beloved antique ruby heart necklace has gone missing for the second time in
a period of over sixty years, Alexandra knows this is no ordinary jewellery
theft.
To
solve the case, Alexandra and her business partner, blind history professor
Ashford Egan, must sift through obscure Holocaust documents to find out the
truth. It’s that way that they learn of a secret World War II-era love affair
which could hold the key to all the answers they are looking for.
When
Alexandra begins to receive anonymous threats and her flat is vandalised, this
all becomes personal. Knowing that there is someone out there to
hurt her, Alexandra vows to find that elusive ruby heart if it’s the last thing
she ever does.
BOOK 3 – DANSE MACABRE
Private
investigators Alexandra Neve and Ashford Egan are hired to succeed where the
police have failed, to safely return home a missing ballerina. With no lead to
pursue and no idea who could be behind the young woman’s kidnapping, they soon
find themselves at a loss as to what to do.
To
make matters worse, the heart of England seems to be caught in the middle of a
little Ice Age. With snow endlessly falling and Tube lines either too cramped
up to use or out of service, it is a pain to do any legwork in the huge
metropolis.
Oh,
and because trouble never comes alone, there may also be a serial killer on the
loose in the streets of East London…
BOOK 4 – BLIND CHESS
It is
supposed to be Neve and Egan. Two partners, a team. What happens when a member
of this team of Private Investigators is shot, prognosis unknown?
As
Alexandra Neve lays comatose and defenceless, Ashford Egan must take on their
enemy alone, and find the cagiest criminal Scotland Yard has seen in decades.
Determined to succeed, Egan will stop at nothing. He’ll hit on married women,
plant bugs, hire hitmen. And he’ll do it all blind, which makes things ten
times as difficult.
Double-crossed
by friends, convinced there is corruption in those sworn to uphold the law,
Egan is forced to form unlikely alliances as he moves forward in a game that
requires skills, nerves of steel, and a willingness to play against all odds.
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My Review:
BOOK 1 – RUSSIAN DOLLS
It 's a short but very exciting, realistic mystery.
Alexandra Neve is a student at University College London. She's a very lonely girl, doesn't make friends easily. Instead she is attuned with Irina since their first meeting and immediately she becomes her best friend. When Irina died by falling from the roof of the University, the police thinks it's a suicide but Alexandra disagrees. She finds a list of names in Irina's room and with the help of a blind professor of history will try to find out what really happened, although they will have to investigate in the Russian mafia circles.
This couple of detectives is really well-matched, it was really fun to see them work together. Excellent choice to use Alexandra as narrator of the story.
The plot is well developed and very intriguing, the pace is really fast thanks to short but concise sentences. I really liked the prologue.
I highly recommend it to those who love mystery
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EXCERPT:
Russian Dolls
Russian Dolls
Life, death. Two concepts, two words.
You don’t think about them unless you’re forced to. You take
the first for granted and try to forget the second.
You get on with your life, worry about meaningless things
and you simply stop thinking about death, even though you see it every day on
the telly, in the papers you read.
So long as it’s happening to others, you continue to go on
with this comforting lie that says it’s never going to happen to you. The
Reaper won’t come anywhere near you — until the day he does.
It could be a car crash, it could be a stroke. Or it could
be your best friend jumping from the rooftop of the university you both attend.
And suddenly you remember that death is very real and there’s no way of knowing
who is going to be called next. You’re forced to face the frailty of life and
accept your own mortality.
My best friend recently passed away and I almost died twice
myself in the past couple of weeks. My name is Alexandra Neve. I’m a student
who used to live in a reassuring bubble. It burst, and now I finally see the
world for what it truly is.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Cristelle
Comby was born and raised in the French-speaking area of Switzerland, in
Greater Geneva, where she still resides.
She
attributes to her origins her ever-peaceful nature and her undying love for
chocolate. She has a passion for art, which also includes an interest in
drawing and acting.
She is
the author of the Neve & Egan crime novels series. The four books in the
series are Russian Dolls, Ruby Heart, Danse
Macabre and Blind Chess.
Links :
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Cristelle Comby will be awarding a autographed copy of the
complete 4 book series, to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the
tour.
Hi, thanks for having and for the kind review.
RispondiEliminaIf you'd like to read the series' prequel short story: it's available for FREE on my website. www.cristelle-comby