Death Du Jour is the April book club pick for the Kewaunee
Library Book Club. The Kewaunee Library
Book Club loves mysteries and Death Du Jour is an interesting one. Dr. Temperance Brennan is a Forensic Anthropologist
that teaches at a University in Charlotte, North Carolina, and also works in Montreal
during her breaks. It is during the
harsh winter in Quebec that Brennan helps to discover the bones of Sister
Elisabeth Nicolet, a candidate for sainthood, and also discovers a gruesome
mass murder at a burning chalet. The
mass murder becomes a larger web of lies that envelopes Brennan’s entire
life. She works with sexy Detective
Andrew Ryan to solve the mystery.
I really enjoyed this book.
It was a fast paced murder mystery and I really enjoyed the
anthropological insights. I’ll admit
that we didn’t discuss it too in depth at book club today as one member did not
read it. Death Du Jour is the second
book in a series, but it was a good stand-alone novel.
I’ve loved being a part of the Kewaunee Library book club
for the past six years, but I’m starting a new job in Green Bay in two weeks
and will be unable to make the lunch time meetings. I’m very sad, but I’ve enjoyed the company of
my fellow book club members and the great books!
SPOILER ALERT: There
is a scene where Brennan thinks that her cat, Birdie, has been murdered. She is ecstatic to discover Birdie alive, yet
the rejoicing over the cat rings hollow after all of the human death that keeps
piling up in the book. And I love cats. This
is my only negative about Death du Jour SPOILER END
Book Source: The
Kewaunee Public Library
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