Overview

Jacqueline's Tears is set in Paris, France. It features phenomenological detective, Patrice Lanier and his diverse staff of special investigators. They must solve multiple complex crimes under the restrictions imposed by the French Government and the rules passed down from the judicial authorities - during the Covid-19 pandemic. France had one of the most stringently enforced regulations in Europe. With these restrictions, normal police work and procedures is impossible. Therefore, Patrice and his team have to explore novel and innovative ways of staying within the law to maintain the rules of justice whilst making sure they do not overreach their authority to complete a case that will be successful in the courts. These multi-faceted cases have such diverse elements as gnawed human bones, vodou, and blackmail at the ballet.

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Advance (not yet published) Amazon, Canada Review: 5-stars ""It was so wonderful to get back to Paris and spend time with Commissaire Patrice Lanier, his family and his officers. I wasn't aware of the work done to clean up the Seine River before the Olympics, Composer Jacques Offenbach, nor his ballet 'Jacqueline's Tears', so I was excited to learn as I read. Setting this novel to include the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown allows readers more insight into how our beloved phenomenologist operates. I thoroughly enjoyed a peek into the observations, reductions, reflections, and synthesis of Commissaire Lanier. Elizabeth Mostyn writes fantastic detective fiction. I can always count on her to craft a complex narrative highlighting intelligent characters and weave in the perfect amount of suspense and mystery. I believe this fourth installment in her Phenomenological Detective series is the most captivating because: Mostyn presented an intriguing and challenging puzzle Dredging the Seine River in preparation for the Olympics, femurs and ulnas with gnaw markings were found Mostyn's subplots were just as compelling Blackmail resulting from a controversial ballet, murder/assault of young South Asian men, jewel robbery, sexual assaults, vodou, zombies, cannibalism, and sorcerers Mostyn's characters were interesting Transwoman forensic anthropologist Blue Bedlington terrier Lanier family with challenges caring for elderly parents Bulgarian ballerina Paris river police If you love intellectually satisfying reads, written by an author who is adept at tapping into our natural curiosity and engaging our critical thinking skills, you won't want to miss this fantastic mystery.""

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Elizabeth Mostyn lives in the Highlands of Scotland and is a full-time novelist, with five titles currently published. She writes, mainly, literary crime fiction, drawing on her wide knowledge of international travel, her science degree and her master's in the phenomenology of delusions in dementia. She plays the clarinet and loves dogs. She is interested in all forms of science and literature.

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