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Death From the Woods Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 2005

by Brigitte Aubert (Author)

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A series of grisly murders has left the residents of a small Paris suburb shaken, but when a little girl claims she knows who the killer is and confides only in Elise Andrioli, a blind, mute quadraplegic, Elise may become the next defenseless target. Reprint.

Print length

256 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Berkley
Publication date

November 1, 2005
Dimensions

4.34 x 0.72 x 6.66 inches
ISBN-10

0425207331
ISBN-13

978-0425207338
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (November 1, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425207331
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425207338
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.34 x 0.72 x 6.66 inches

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Katy

Great book! It was full of surprises and kept ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2015

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Great book! It was full of surprises and kept me guessing the whole time. It was a unique take but very intense. I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good mystery.

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JP

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017

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Love this book so much I went out and bought it. Super creepy, super riveting.

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Cathy G. Cole

An extraordinary main character

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2014

Death From the Woods was named France's Best Thriller of 1997, and the reason for that, without doubt, is the character of Elise Andrioli. Most people upon hearing that the main character is a blind, mute quadriplegic will probably avoid the book, thinking that it's too depressing. It is not because the story is told by Elise, and we get to see how smart and brave and funny she is. Her sense of humor is what is helping her to survive being unable to communicate with anyone. When Virginie shares her bombshell with Elise, the knowledge fires her up. Elise wants to learn more, and she wants to be able to share her knowledge with the police. When she does manage to regain the use of one index finger and uses it to answer yes or no questions, the news spreads through their little circle of friends and acquaintances. Soon the murderer knows as well, and Elise's life is threatened in more than one bone-chilling scene.

Through Elise, our own senses are limited to what she can hear and what she can feel, and this certainly ratchets up the tension, but the rest of the characters are mostly stereotypes, and I found it entirely too easy to pinpoint the killer's identity. Moreover, the ending was anticlimactic and the type that I dislike the most: one of the characters tells us everything that happened. Quelle déception!

I must say, however, that even though I'm disappointed by the secondary characters and by that ending, Elise Andrioli is such a marvelous character that I want to read the second book she appears in-- Death From the Snows. I'm a soft touch when it comes to extraordinary characters.

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Shaina

Got lost in this story

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023

What a great mystery. I read this in the late 90s staying with my aunt in Seattle, and read it two times over the years since. Lost the book somehow, so just reordered another paperback ♡

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DB

Extremely Far Fetched, Lazy & Boring Ending

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2014

The idea of a blind, mute, paraplegic lead character in a thriller seemed interesting in premise, but it didn't deliver. The start of the book was interesting, but once you start getting into the nuts and bolts of it, the whole story starts to become extremely far fetched quickly. The idea that someone who can only move one finger and who can't see or talk becomes wrapped up in a murder plot and romantic affairs seems ridiculous. Finally the ending of the book and the whole mystery is explained in a few quick pages by one of the books' characters rather than playing itself out, making for a very boring ending. He just narrates the whole thing word for word, explaining away impossible coincidences and unbelievable happenstances leaving the book feeling a little like a childish murder mystery.

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R. D. Kirby

Excellent Book: Poor Translation

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2010

I read and enjoyed this book in its French version and then again in the English version, and I have to say that a lot was lost in translation. In some passages Koral's version is barely better than Google Translate. He makes little attempt to make the English version stylistically work. Some parts are too literal and earn the dreaded English teacher's comment, "Awk". It needed a good editor stateside.

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Tim Smith

Good? Raise An Index Finger

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2001

The talented Brigitte Aubert has written this thriller in a style that immerses the reader into the body and mind of Elise, a mute and blind quadriplegic woman who has been told shocking and secret information about recent murders and disappearances of several young boys. The reader struggles to solve the murders with the same limitations Elise has, especially being mute and blind. The only descriptions of scene and characters from Elise's point of view are through the senses of touch and hearing.
Aubert has created a psychologically strong Elise who has a quick wit, keen mind, and clever sense of humor which help her overcome physical impairment so severe she is limited to raising her index finger as her only way of answering questions in the affirmative. Her strong mind helps her survive situations that would methodically drive a weaker person into incapacitating despair.
For a first rate mystery from a truly unique perspective portraying the resiliency of the human spirit, this is a highly recommended thriller.

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Pamela Jackson

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2016

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One of my favourite books. Swift delivery too. It was a pleasure. Thank you.

Jane

Certainly not in the league of the great detective or mystery writers

Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2015

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Certainly not in the league of the great detective or mystery writers. Implausible on too many levels and at some point it becomes difficult to care about the outcome.

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