Swiss Vendetta : A Mystery

from KateBaxter

An enjoyable book with a triple mystery and lots of details. Author's architectural background is quite evident in the description of the old chateau's extensive tunnels and stairwells scheme. The characters are many with sufficient description to form one's opinions early on. Several red herring...

from cburnett5

4.5 stars Tracee de Hahn's debut novel, Swiss Vendetta, is a must-read for mystery lovers. The mystery itself is highly entertaining and the resolution believable (to me this is where a lot of mysteries fail), but my very favorite part of the novel is the Swiss setting, particularly the Chateau V...

from jdawslloyd

Tracee de Hahn does a fine job introducing us to her protagonist Agnes, setting up her backstory and the circumstances of her first murder case, and then hitting all the aspects of a murder mystery series that satisfy me. The supporting characters are complicated, and unwilling to reveal secrets,...

from cathyskye

The investigation in Swiss Vendetta only took four days, but it seemed much longer. This is due in part to the claustrophobic weather and the locked room angle of the story, but it's also due to a slow pace that hampers the first half of the book. It was much too soon for Lüthi to lead any sort o...

from Beamis12

3.5 Agnes, who has recently suffered a devastating tragedy in her own life, newly transferred to Violent crimes, receives her first case. A young woman, working to an auction house, sent to catalog the family treasure, is found murders on a bench outside the chateau. The chateau belong to the Val...