Pel and the Touch Of Pitch
When Chief Inspector Pel accepts a drinks invitation at the house of a big shot, Deputy Claude Barclay, he doesn’t realise how compromised he will become by his acceptance.
Shortly afterwards, Barclay is kidnapped; the partially decomposed body of a retired soldier is discovered in a wood, and a series of art forgeries need investigating. Pel must tie all three together and solve a scandal which has become the talk of France.
Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781788423649
- Published
- 12 August 2021
- Pages
- 256
- Duration
- Dimensions
- 129 x 198 mm
- Genre
- Cosy Crime
- Imprint
- Farrago
Reviews
Praise for the Inspector Pel Mystery series:
‘Totally convincing’
‘Mr Hebden has created a nice band of flics’
‘Pel and his procedurals are some of the best things since Maigret’
‘Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Désiré Pel, as well rounded a character as Maigret or Van der Valk’
‘Impeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a well-constructed solution. Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers!’
‘…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’
