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An American microbiologist dies on stage as he is about to lecture at a scientific congress in Prague, an apparent victim of local criminals. Professor Hildegard Kraus from Heidelberg and her Hungarian born colleague Alex Kertész from Jerusalem, who hear his last words, are left wondering whether one the the assembled scientists might be the real killer. Whoever it was has also taken Hildegard's watch, a treasured family keepsake with an intriguing history.
Booklist said about The Wish to Kill, the first Alex Kertész mystery, "First novelist Hannah has hit upon an engaging premise;a mystery series starring a research scientist working at the University of Jerusalem. She has the makings of a good series: a sympathetic hero and an intriguing, nicely evoked setting."
Murder with a French Accent, the second book in the series, takes Alex to a biotech company in Toulouse which runs into trouble trying to produce a genetically engineered strain of bacteria that he created.
In Mystery Time, book number three, Alex and Hildegard are faced with two mysteries. One involves the death of their colleague and the other is the mystery surrounding the old watch and its special relationship to time.
Mystery time by Janet Hannah is the third novel in Alex Kertész Mystery series. In this installment, the two scientists, Alex Kertész from Israel and Hildegard Kraus from Germany will have to solve two mysteries; of a murder and a missing watch.
Alex and Hildegard are attending a convention on Molecular Biology at Prague, where an American scientist, Dr. Green gets killed on the stage. Being heard his last words, Alex and Hildegard, starts to take a dig on this mystery killer. Was Dr. Green a victim of local criminals or his colleague’s grudge? Or some other mystery is concealed beneath the surface? Through the investigation Hildegard recalls that her pocket watch, which she loaned to Dr. Green, is missing. Did the killer took it? And what mystery does a simple looking, old pocket watch holds? The protagonists struggle to find the answer of these questions in Mystery Time.
Author is really good with the depiction of scenarios and that’s the highlight of this book. The lead characters are captivating with their depth of understanding; though their scientific backgrounds are hardly accentuated. The romantic anxiety Alex and Hildegard share is also stirring and sparks a bond with reader. Unfortunately the grasp the characters possess does not reflect in the story. Unlike a thriller is supposed to be, Mystery Time is a slow-paced, tranquil and unruffled read. The later part of the story, pocket watch with power of vision, is not explored up to the expectations. Overall, the characters look very promising and I hope every next book in the series will be better than the previous one.
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An American microbiologist dies on stage as he is about to lecture at a scientific congress in Prague, an apparent victim of local criminals. Professor Hildegard Kraus from Heidelberg and her Hungarian born colleague Alex Kertész from Jerusalem, who hear his last words, are left wondering whether one the the assembled scientists might be the real killer. Whoever it was has also taken Hildegard's watch, a treasured family keepsake ...