The Night GateIn a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than 70 years apart. Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo MacLeod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train one historical,

Back in the 1990s

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This is a look at taking life slowly

Full of wisdom and warmth

A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house

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they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate

Dr Richard Shepherd is the UK's foremost forensic pathologist

and who but Isabel can be trusted to get to the bottom of them