The Fleur de Sel Murders
Spiral-Bound | 2019-03-26
Jean-Luc Bannalec
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Commissaire Dupin is back on the case in this atmospheric mystery from international bestselling author Jean-Luc Bannalec.
The old salt farmers have always said that the violet scent of the Fleur de Sel at harvest time on the salt marshes of the Guérande Peninsula has been known to cause hallucinations. Commissaire Dupin also starts to believe this when he's attacked out of the blue in the salt works.
He had actually been looking forward to escaping his endless paperwork and taking a trip to the "white country" between the raging Atlantic Ocean and idyllic rivers. But when he starts snooping around mysterious barrels on behalf of Lilou Breval, a journalist friend, he finds himself unexpectedly under attack. The offender remains a mystery, and a short time later, Breval disappears without a trace. It is thanks to his secretary Nolwenn and the ambition of the prefect that Dupin is assigned to the case. But he won't be working alone because Sylvaine Rose is the investigator responsible for the department--and she lives up to her name….
What's going on in the salt works? Dupin and Rose search feverishly for clues and stumble upon false alibis, massive conflicts of interest, personal feuds--and ancient Breton legends.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1250308372
Item Weight: 0.6 lbs
Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
Praise for the series:
"Roll over Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived." --M.C. Beaton
"Francophiles and art lovers will welcome Bannalec's good old-fashioned detective story set in Brittany... Bannalec excels at plotting and pacing, as well as vivid descriptions of the Finistère countryside." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Very satisfying…along the lines of Martin Walker's novels set in Dordogne, or M.L. Longworth's Aix-en-Provence mysteries." --Booklist
JEAN-LUC BANNALEC divides his time between Germany and coastal Brittany, France. He is also the author of Death in Brittany and Murder on Brittany Shores.
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