Pel and the Nickname Game
Published on 30. May 2002
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-84119-520-9 (ISBN)
Description
The latest in this popular long-running series about a French detective. A decomposing corpse in a locked room, a drowned nun and a knifer in a club are all part of the daily routine for Commissionaire Pel and his team. However, after an armed robbery turns into a tragedy Pel suspects there's worse to come. Infiltrating the gutter groups with an undercover agent, Pel and Lapeyre from Paris try to trace the man behind the terrorist organisation that's using local girls as pawns in a deadly game.
Reviews / Votes
'A joy to read... filled with the sounds, smells and tastes of France' - Financial Times * 'Pel and his procedurals are some of the best things since Maigret, a credit to crime's common market.'-Observer * 'Impeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics... Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers.'- The Times * 'Last year I was resigned to the fact that there would be no more books about Chief Inspector Pel because of the death of his creator, Mark Hebden... I was therefore delighted to find a new book, featuring Pel, by Mark Hebden's daughter... I was a bit concerned in case it didn't reach the standard of the previous books. But I needn't have worried, it was even better.' - F E Pardoe, Birmingham PostMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84119-520-9 (9781841195209)
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Person
Juliet Hebden lives in France and has taken up writing full time since 'inheriting' Pel after the death of her father and Pel's creator, Mark Hebden.