Commissaire Pel hasn't been promoted which is disappointing; then he meets the new Chief of Police and the implications suddenly look disastrous... However, an interfering boss is the least of Pel's worries. The supermarket at Talant has been broken into again; the night watchman attacked, his dog killed, and all that's missing are a couple of bags of groceries.
Then someone leaves a letter bomb at the bank. With La Division Nationale Anti-Terroriste now involved, Pel is near the end of his tether. He knows that he has to outwit the terrorists before any more lives are lost.
Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Pel and his procedurals are some of the best things since Maigret' Observer 'Totally convincing' Financial Times 'Mr Hebden has created a nice band of flics' Oxford Times 'Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Desire Pel, as well rounded a character as Maigret or Van der Valk' Punch 'Impeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a well-constructed solution. Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers!' The Times 'Some characters grow as their saga lengthens and Pel... is one of them. You might say he is ripening along with the grapes' Police Review '...written with downbeat humour and some delightful dialogue' Financial Times '...all is most cunningly contrived and dovetailed into a coherent plot' Irish Times 'A thoroughly entertaining read' Evening Standard 'The best Gallic sleuth since Maigret' London Mystery Selection
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Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 129 mm
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978-1-78842-531-5 (9781788425315)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
After the death of her father, Mark Hebden, creator of the quirky French detective Inspector Pel novels, Juliet Hebden took over the mantle of crime writer and has completed 8 more books in the series. In addition to writing, Juliet is a mother of six children and lives in France.
