Pel and the Picture of Innocence
Published on 9. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-78842-366-3 (ISBN)
Description
An extravagant, big time gangland criminal is ambushed and assassinated; the only witness a ten-year-old-boy.
Chief Inspector Pel is called in to investigate the killing, which spirals into an international investigation when a respected spinster is bludgeoned to death and some curious links begin to clink into place.
Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.
Chief Inspector Pel is called in to investigate the killing, which spirals into an international investigation when a respected spinster is bludgeoned to death and some curious links begin to clink into place.
Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the Inspector Pel Mystery series:'Totally convincing' Financial Times 'Mr Hebden has created a nice band of flics' Oxford Times 'Pel and his procedurals are some of the best things since Maigret' Observer '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
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Duckworth Books
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78842-366-3 (9781788423663)
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Person
Mark Hebden, who died in 1991, was one of the pen names of John Harris, author of The Sea Shall Not Have Them and Covenant with Death. He also wrote adventure stories under the name of Max Hennessy.
Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a sailor, an airman, a journalist, a travel courier and a history teacher. During World War II he served with two forces and two navies. Hebden is a master of his genre, and his writing is as timeless as it is versatile and entertaining.
Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a sailor, an airman, a journalist, a travel courier and a history teacher. During World War II he served with two forces and two navies. Hebden is a master of his genre, and his writing is as timeless as it is versatile and entertaining.