Pel Picks Up the Pieces
When Chief Inspector Pel receives a letter from an old friend, it becomes a sign of all hell breaking loose. Two murders are committed and a suspicious robbery takes place.
What is the connection between the letter, the robbery and the murder? An international plot begins to unravel and Pel is called in to pick up the pieces.
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
- 9781788425216
- Published
- 24 April 2025
- Pages
- 208
- Duration
- Dimensions
- 129 x 198 mm
- Genre
- Cosy Crime
- Imprint
- Farrago
Reviews
‘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’
‘Impeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a well-constructed solution. Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers!’
‘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’
