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Asylum: A Mystery, by Jeannette de Beauvoir
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Martine LeDuc is the director of PR for the mayor's office in Montreal. When four women are found brutally murdered and shockingly posed on park benches throughout the city over several months, Martine's boss fears a PR disaster for the still busy tourist season, and Martine is now also tasked with acting as liaison between the mayor and the police department. The women were of varying ages, backgrounds and bodytypes and seemed to have nothing in common. Yet the macabre presentation of their bodies hints at a connection. Martine is paired with a young detective, Julian Fletcher, and together they dig deep into the city's and the country's past, only to uncover a dark secret dating back to the 1950s, when orphanages in Montreal and elsewhere were converted to asylums in order to gain more funding. The children were subjected to horrific experiments such as lobotomies, electroshock therapy, and psychotropic medication, and many of them died in the process. The survivors were supposedly compensated for their trauma by the government and the cases seem to have been settled. So who is bearing a grudge now, and why did these four women have to die?
Not until Martine finds herself imprisoned in the terrifying steam tunnels underneath the old asylum does she put the pieces together. And it is almost too late for her...in Jeannette de Beauvoir's Asylum.
Asylum: A Mystery, by Jeannette de Beauvoir- Amazon Sales Rank: #1153512 in Books
- Brand: De Beauvoir, Jeannette
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Released on: 2015-03-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.53" h x 1.03" w x 5.70" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
Review
“Martine LeDuc, the publicity director for the city of Montreal and a wonderfully likable narrator, partners with offbeat police detective Julian Fletcher in this absorbing mystery. De Beauvoir does a fine job of evoking the ambiance of Montreal, with its fascinating neighborhoods, bilingualism, and political tensions.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Convincing and disturbing.” ―Toronto Star
“[The] plot has real forward-moving energy, making Asylum a quick and satisfying read. Martine LeDuc-a troubled Catholic, an uncomfortable stepmother, and committed to her job and city-makes for an engaging lead character, and I hope de Beauvoir writes her again.” ―National Post
“What is truly impressive about de Beauvoir's writing is that she is able to smoothly weave fiction with true events bringing the past to life with evocative settings and passionate characters whom we care deeply as they capture the memories of this dreadful dark era of Québec's past.” ―Bookpleasures
About the Author
JEANNETTE DE BEAUVOIR is an award-winning author, novelist, and poet whose work has been translated into 12 languages and has appeared in 15 countries. She explores personal and moral questions through historical fiction, mysteries, and mainstream fiction. Home is an old sea captain's house on the tip of Cape Cod, although she spends some part of every year in Montréal and in Great Britain.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Was surprised to find this based on true facts! Oh and you better brush up on your French before you start. By Blendysreadit Parlez-vous Français? Non? On apprend mieux!Yeah, me either and I found that the two years that I spent in French class in high school didn’t do much to help me either. This is a first time read for me by the author Jeannette de Beauvoir and I’m not sure if this is something signature for her or if it was just in this novel, but I found the constant French dialogue throughout the book to be distracting and almost bordered annoying. I can understand the occasional phrase, word or sentence, I think that it actually helps to build a little character, but every other paragraph or page is just a bit much.The interesting thing about this story is that I wasn’t one hundred percent sure if I liked it or not, but then when I got to the end of the book and realized that a majority of the story was based in fact on true events, I found myself a little more intrigued and I was able to further appreciate what it was that I had just read.Asylum is a story that has a lot of history sprinkled with a healthy dose of fiction that come together for a pretty compelling read. The amount of horror/thriller books that I have read could probably feel a small library, so it’s no small thing when I say that out of ALL of those books, the ones that I find the scariest and the ones that keep me up at night are not the ones with ghosts, ghouls or other creepy crawlies, but the ones that examine and expose the ugliest monster of them all and that is the dark side of humanity. Asylum is no exception to that and though it wasn’t scary per se it still opens your eyes to an ugly truth, only to be further realized when you reach the end.Overall, I recommend this book to those readers that like the mystery/crime genre. It’s not super suspenseful and can get a little long winded at times, but there is definitely a story in there that is worth telling and sharing and I’m pretty happy that I read the book.I would like to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Serial killer investigation uncovers a darker story from the past By Bob in eastern Washington I thought I was getting another crime procedural: a sadistic serial killer, unknown links among the victims, an "ordinary" woman and a policeman trying to solve the case in spite of official disinterest. But de Beauvoir had a second story to tell, one that was even more interesting, more disturbing than the murders. The mix of two stories, told by the investigating woman and a voice from the past, provided a gripping tale, a tale made even more horrifying in that much of it is true. This is book that needs to be read, both as fast-moving tale of crime and as a lesson from the past that will, once again, cause us to say "Never again."Buy it, read it, tell your friends to read it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Historical Novel Delight By julie I really loved this book. It is written about a time in history that was very difficult for social services, both in this this country and in Canada. Much of the story is historically factual. I really love historical novels, and this one really touched me deeply. What was done in the name of care to both orphans and the mentally ill after world war two and the 60's, is very hard to face. This provoked much thought and made me want to dig deeper into that era and time. And to me that is what good novels are about. Thought provoking and inspiring. Thank you.
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