THE CRITIC

By Peter May

Synopsis

Four years ago, wine critic Gil Petty went missing during a tour of the wine region of Gaillac; his body was discovered strung up on a cross in a vineyard. Looking into the unsolved murder, forensic expert Enzo Macleod finds that beneath the tranquil façade of French viticulture lurks a back-stabbing community riddled with rivalry - and someone who is ready to stop him even if they have to kill again...

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Narrator	Simon Edginton
Length	10hrs
Catalogue No.	12966
Publisher	Riverrun; 2014

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