The word ´traffic´ can be read in more than one way, and this ambiguity in the title of Moroccan Traffic by late historical fiction and bestseller Scottish author and painter Dorothy Dunnett is a delightful game of double meanings. It was my first encounter with this author and her Dolly mysteries - this one is the 7th in the series - but I have more than one doubt that it will not be the last time.
From the very beginning of the book, the reader is caught into a fast forward chain of events and characters. The prose is short, alert, fast, and so are the events unfolding. In the romanticized Marrakesh with her mother - with whom she has a decent love-hate relationship - Wendy Helmann may be exposed to series of unexpected dramatic events - race through the Atlas Mountains, kidnappings, explosions, dead threats, and many more. Her boss, the chairman of Kingsley Conglomerates may have a say in this, while he is busy with murky takeover negotiations.
Everything is unfolding so fast that you can hardly get a break from reading, and this is how you can courageously spend a cosy weekend at home. The characters may remind of classical crime characters, but transposed into a more modern and lively environment.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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