I'm a huge fan of this series and it's always a pleasure to travel to Dordogne and catch up with Bruno and his friends.
This is an excellent series that mixes historical facts, mysteries and mouthwatering descriptions of food. If you are on a diet it's a sort of lovely torture as the descriptions are so detailed and well written that you can savour and smell the food
This is an excellent addition to this series, one of the most complex story I read in this series and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The title refers to a cold case, something that happened more than 30 years ago. We don't know anything about the victim and the slow burning plot is both about discovering who the victim was and the culprit.
It's not a fast paced and action packed story, the pace is gentle and there are a couple of subplots regarding a possible fire and what some pups (I loved the part about the pups).
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and was fascinated by the historical background that made me discover some new historical facts.
The plot is well developed and well written, the character development is excellent and this is an engrossing and highly entertaining story.
Even if it could be read as a stand alone I think it's better read the previous books.
It's strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Quercus and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine