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Murder On Elbrus Reviewed By Mary Lignor of Bookpleasures.com
- By Mary Lignor
- Published June 28, 2010
- Crime & Mystery
Mary Lignor
Reviewer Mary Lignor: Mary is a retired librarian, originally from Connecticut but now living in New Mexico. All her life Mary has loved books and has passed this love on to her daughters. Mary started working in a library when her children were young as an Assistant Librarian and ended up as its Director. Her favorite books are suspense, political intrigue and anything involving the World War II era.
Authors: Charles G. Irion and Ronald J.
Watkins
ISBN: 978-0-9841618-2-9-
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After Murder On
Everest I looked forward to Murder On Elbrus and was
certainly not disappointed.
This book, the third in
the Summit Murder Mystery Series, takes place on Elbrus, the
highest peak in Europe. This mountain is not as high as Everest
but certainly the story of the climb is just as exciting as Murder
on Everest was. The summit is 18,510 feet, which is
the same elevation as the Base Camp at Everest and a bit easier to
get to. There is a bus that brings the climbers to the
base of the mountain, and then a chair lift is used to bring them
most of the way up the mountain. The chair carries
passengers to 12,000 feet and from there you climb the 6500 feet
to the summit. Or, you can catch a ride in a snow cat, which is
a Russian tractor, and keep out of the horrid cold for another 3000
feet and then only have to climb about 3500 feet to reach the
summit. Unfortunately, this is not as easy as it sounds, as
many people have died on the mountain because it looks a lot easier
than it is and novice climbers did not wear the proper clothes and
shoes and ended up getting into a whole lot of trouble.
But
enough of climbing instructions!! Having just recovered from a
disaster on Mt. Everest, Scott Devlon, a famous mountain climber, has
come to southern Russia to observe a European Union sponsored
conference. This conference turns very serious when the Prime
Minister of Russia is murdered on the mountain. Scott, of
course, is in trouble again. Everyone always seems to think
that he had something to do with the killing, and Scott, with
characters from the last book, heads out across Russia followed
closely by the Russian Army. Along the way, there are many
clandestine moments where things are revealed to Scott and he doesn't
know who's with him and who's against him, which makes for an
interesting story.
This new Summit Mystery is just as
exciting as the previous book and full of thrills and chills until
the end. Watch for the next one - Murder on Mt. McKinley
– which will be published next year. I know I will be
waiting impatiently for it as it is in Alaska and makes a beautiful
picture. I sure wouldn't want to scale it but I certainly
admire the people who do.