Pel and the Touch Of Pitch
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Duckworth Books
Published:12th Aug '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
Praise for the Inspector Pel Mystery series:
‘Totally convincing’ Financial Times
‘Mr Hebden has created a nice band of flics’ Oxford Times
‘Pel and his procedurals are some of the best things since Maigret’ Observer
‘Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Désiré Pel, as well rounded a character as Maigret or Van der Valk’ Punch
‘Impeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a well-constructed solution. Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers!’ The Times
‘…written with downbeat humour and some delightful dialogue’ Financial Times
‘…all is most cunningly contrived and dovetailed into a coherent plot’ Irish Times
‘A thoroughly entertaining read’ Evening Standard
‘The best Gallic sleuth since Maigret’ London Mystery Selection
ISBN: 9781788423649
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256 pages