
What Are the Bugles Blowing For?
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On a sultry summer night in a French provincial city, Insp. Henri Castang is summoned from his office at the Police Judiciaire to the site of a triple murder. The killer? A husband who came home unexpectedly to discover his wife and daughter in bed with another man. A crime of passion? Perhaps. Except the murderer in question, wealthy financier Gilbert La Touche, is cool and remote. His confession is as factual and bloodless as the crime is violent and deeply disturbing. As a detective, Castang must play by the rules to protect himself. But for an unconventional cop like Castang, that is virtually impossible. After all, there's more to murder than a few corpses and a killer, and Castang will follow every twist until he gets to the heart of the evil at hand.
Praise for Nicolas Freeling
"Nicolas Freeling... liberated the detective story from page-turning puzzler into a critique of society and an investigation of character." - The Daily Telegraph
"Freeling rewards with his oblique, subtly comic style." - Publishers Weekly
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- Intro
- Also by Nicolas Freeling
- Title Page
- 1. The First Magistrate Reviews A Dossier
- 2. The Duty Officer In Hot Weather
- 3. Unmoved Calm Of An Inspector Of Finance
- 4. Due Process Of Law
- 5. The Rights Of A Suspect Are Safeguarded
- 6. Czech Insistence On Being Contrary
- 7. God-Given Appearance Of A Defence Attorney
- 8. Polish Intransigence Of The Judge Of Instruction
- 9. An Interview In The Convent Parlour
- 10. The Heat Of The Day
- 11. The Cool Of The Evening
- 12. Life Class For The Investigating Officer
- 13. The Unlucky Numbers Of The Rue Delambre
- 14. Love Me Little, Love Me Long
- 15. Tactics, And Tact
- 16. Dialogue
- 17. Scuffle
- 18. Tobacco Road
- 19. The Teddy-Bears' Picnic
- 20. Francophile Behaviour Of Metropolitan Policemen
- 21. Breakdown In International Co-Operation
- 22. The Scruples Of The Prison Visitor
- 23. Psychiatric Opinions
- 24. The Bounce Of The Ball
- 25. Upheavals Of The Prison Visitor
- 26. Diplomatic Illness Of The Ministry-Public
- 27. The Witnesses
- 28. The President of the Court of Assize
- 29. Examination
- 30. The Witnesses (2)
- 31. Pleadings
- 32. Deliberations
- 33. Monsieur The Minister's Hospitality
- 34. The Reasons Of The State
- 35. What Makes That Rear Rank Breathe So Hard?
- 36. What Makes That Front-Rank Man Fall Down?
- Preview: Lake Isle
- Chapter 1
- About the Author
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