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“Part detective
story, part thriller, Benoit’s second novel is all the more
engaging because Jason is an average joe who doesn’t know
martial arts or how to handle a weapon. The result is an
adventure story almost cozy in texture, yet still thrilling,
with just the right touch of romance. It’s
the kind of story Alfred Hitchcock would have filmed.”
The Denver Post
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"Edgar-nominee Benoit's assured second mystery
[is] a spicy quest tale in an India at once modern
and ancient."
Publishers Weekly
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"It’s not often any book –
let alone a mystery – combines a mortgage clerk, a red-headed,
pony-tailed train spotting Canadian, and a package tour
of India, but Out of Order is not just
any book."
Jeff
Siegel, Mystery Scene (No. 94)
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"Charles Benoit seems to cherish the idea of innocents abroad. The idea, mind you - the actual characters he enjoys putting through a fair bit of hell. Out of Order finds staid young paper-pusher Jason Talley knocked out of his tidy life by the death of his friends, plunging him into an exotic, quixotic quest into that strange country, India. Once in the subcontinent, exotic becomes downright bizarre, as friends begin to look like enemies, and enemies just might save his life."
Laurie R. King
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Check out
this review on MyShelf.com
Here's a snippet: "Benoit is a very
poetic writer, and his books are always a pleasure to read,
if only for his lyrical prose."
Nice,
huh?
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And
over at Reviewing the Evidence, Linnea Dodson had some great
things to say. This ought whet your appitite:
"Fans
of Bollywood (which, we are reminded, makes the most popular
films in the world) will really enjoy this book as it romps
through all aspects of India from a high-powered celebrity
party through the worst rotting slums. Fans of madcap hijinks
will enjoy watching Jason rebuild his life as he is ripped
completely free of everything he thought was important.
And fans of espionage will be
challenged
to figure out who to trust and who is lying as Jason meets
the former members of Bangalore Worldwide Systems."
Color me
happy.
Oh,
and when you get to page 40, drop Attar an email.
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