Pel is Provoked
Will be published approx. on 18. March 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-78842-529-2 (ISBN)
Description
Chief Inspector Pel is called in to investigate when a nurse and her dialysis patient are found in the local surgery with horrific gunshot wounds. Nobody in the area noticed anything suspicious. Forensic evidence suggests that the pair were having an affair, but is this simply a crime passionel?
Adding to the bafflement of Pel's team are the murders of two young girls, both bearing a strange set of teeth marks on their necks. Could the local suspicion about vampires be true?
Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.
Adding to the bafflement of Pel's team are the murders of two young girls, both bearing a strange set of teeth marks on their necks. Could the local suspicion about vampires be true?
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
'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 SelectionMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Duckworth Books
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78842-529-2 (9781788425292)
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Person
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.