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Alleyn, Susanne. Game of Patience.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Alleyn, Susanne. Game of Patience. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Mar. 2006. c.285p. ISBN 0-312-34363-9 [ISBN 978-0-312-34363-7]. $23.95. M
It is 1796 in a Paris trying to regain some semblance of order after the Reign of Terror (1793-94). Aristide Ravel investigates major crimes for his friend Police Commissaire Brasseur. Already doubting the justice system that is in place, Ravel must delve into the double murders of a young girl from a wealthy family and a man blackmailing her. The story plays out like the card game of patience with Ravel finding one way to sort out the facts of the case and then shuffling them in another way to reach an entirely …
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