Kate Mosse
I enjoyed reading Mosse's first book Labyrinth so much that we visited Carcassonne (I'd wanted to go anyway, it sounded so 'French') a few years ago. On that holiday, I chose to read Sepulchre, another of Kate Mosse's books, set in a similar area of Languedoc - we were even able to visit the villages detailed in the book, while reading it! (TOURISTS!!!). I wasn't as thrilled about book two, but it was a good enough read. [I blogged this at the time: http://dsugblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/summer-reading-france-2008.html]
Winter Ghosts therefore, was one of those books I bought and set aside to read in comfort and once again, in France (but the north this time).
The author admits at the end of her book, that the plot was originally published as a short story. She had re-visited it and re-published as a novel.
It shows!
I nearly gave up a few times. Almost a third of the book is pure fluff, I never really felt any link with the main character until he got to the (fictional) village and met people there. From here on, the story was fine and enjoyable - but the first third ---- Nah!
I'm sure thee will be a clamour for Citadel when it's released in September, but I'm not sure whether I will be one of the clamourers!
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