Pel and the Perfect Partner
Chief Inspector Pel has been kidnapped. Or is he being held for ransom, traded for the release of prisoners, or has he perhaps been murdered? He is, in any event, missing. To make matters worse, the press report the escape of the notorious Poltergeist from a high-security prison.
Just when things can’t get more desperate, a fantastic robbery from the gunroom of Baron de Charnet’s chateau takes place and a collection of diamonds is stolen from a high-street jeweller’s safe.
Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel normally ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781788425230
- Published
- 26 June 2025
- Pages
- 304
- Duration
- Dimensions
- 129 x 198 mm
- Genre
- Cosy Crime
- Imprint
- Farrago
Reviews
‘Impeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a well-constructed solution. Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers!’
‘Pel and his procedurals are some of the best things since Maigret’
‘Totally convincing’
‘Mr Hebden has created a nice band of flics’
‘Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Désiré Pel, as well rounded a character as Maigret or Van der Valk’
‘Some characters grow as their saga lengthens and Pel… is one of them. You might say he is ripening along with the grapes’
‘…written with downbeat humour and some delightful dialogue’
‘…all is most cunningly contrived and dovetailed into a coherent plot’
‘A thoroughly entertaining read
‘The best Gallic sleuth since Maigret’
