Reviews of Death in Summer

mrsbookburnee

02/03/2021 – 21:48

Will retry

On a blazing hot day in the heart of summer, a renowned banker is shot dead on the golf course....

stuckinabookworld

29/10/2019 – 07:25

Interesting

This is the first book I’ve read of this author and is the first of the inspector Eschenbach...

caseylou

28/03/2019 – 20:56

Couldn't finish this one

I have picked this book up about 3 times and each time I get a bit further but I can't seem to...

laurab41983

27/09/2018 – 03:07

NEED to finish this book !

The author has done such a fantastic job of this book and i really love it ! I knew after...

fionaaallen

20/09/2018 – 18:43

quite mysterious

i’m sad to say i haven’t read this whole book!!But from reading the first few chapters,i already...

kirstyk345

01/09/2018 – 12:12

Not what I expected

I really wanted to like the book. I read the first quarter, not feeling particularly gripped by...

zoelaura

15/08/2018 – 20:09

Very slow

I was really looking forward to reading this book, but i found the further that i got in to it i...

emmas68

15/08/2018 – 12:39

Ambivalent

I initially enjoyed the premise of this novel but then found the story took too many diverted...

kezzlou85

14/08/2018 – 07:17

Not the best

A man is shot dead on a golf course and it kicks off a huge and twisted investigation for...

little les

11/08/2018 – 09:25

mediocre plot

i found the story slow and the characters did not form easily in my mind. also i found that i...

cazza

09/08/2018 – 11:34

Dark crime thriller

This is the first book in the Inspectors Eschenbach series, and based on this one I think it will...

dawnphoenix

05/08/2018 – 18:10

Inspector Eschenbach Series

This book is the first in a series which I feel will be a very long running one. It is a crime...

lostintranslation

05/08/2018 – 00:34

Suspense nearly killed me

What can I say about this book? Well first of all thank you to the author, publisher and readers...

bookread2day

03/08/2018 – 19:22

A fresh idea

I really liked reading this fresh idea for a novel set on a golf course. I've never read anything...

gail

03/08/2018 – 13:46

A human detective in a plot full of twists

Death in Summer is a crime novel about the death of a notable banker, whose body is found on a...

linda hepworth

30/07/2018 – 17:31

A slow-burn thriller with interesting characters.

When Philipp Bettlach, an eminent local banker is shot dead on a golf course in Zurich,...

valerian70

30/07/2018 – 12:43

Swiss Scandal

This book was both better, and worse, than I was expecting it to be. Hence the middle of the...

busylizzie

29/07/2018 – 18:25

A thoughtful crime novel

This grew on me, along with Inspector Eschenbach, the clumsy and quick-tempered, but intelligent...

malcolmb

29/07/2018 – 16:08

The summer is very hot and there's a body on the golf course

The summer is very hot and there's a body on the golf course and the mystery begins. This book...

abi642

24/07/2018 – 21:44

Lost in translation?

Despite the promise of being an international bestseller this book didn’t quite hit the mark for...

alan m

24/07/2018 – 15:59

Interesting Swiss crime novel

‘Death in Summer’ first appeared in its original German in 2006 and it has taken some time for...

pugs

23/07/2018 – 15:39

First Class!

The book is a thriller, at first the death on a golf course doesn’t stretch the mind too...

leef

19/07/2018 – 20:39

Solid Start to the Series

Death in Summer is the first book in a crime series based in Switzerland and it is a well written...