Death in Brittany: A Mystery
Jun 2015 · Brittany Mystery Series Book 1 · Sold by Minotaur Books
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"Roll over, Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived."—M.C. Beaton
Commissaire Georges Dupin, a cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. The local village of Pont-Aven—a sleepy community by the sea where everyone knows one other and nothing much seems to happen—is in shock. The legendary ninety-one-year-old hotelier Pierre-Louis Pennec, owner of the Central Hotel, has been found dead.
A picture-perfect seaside village that played host to Gaugin in the nineteenth century, Pont-Aven is at the height of its tourist season and is immediately thrown into uproar. As Dupin delves into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and silence that belies the village's quaint image.
A delectable read, Jean-Luc Bannalec's Death in Brittany transports readers to the French coast, where you can practically smell the sea air and taste the perfectly cooked steak frites in an expertly crafted, page-turning mystery for fans of Martin Walker.
Commissaire Georges Dupin, a cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. The local village of Pont-Aven—a sleepy community by the sea where everyone knows one other and nothing much seems to happen—is in shock. The legendary ninety-one-year-old hotelier Pierre-Louis Pennec, owner of the Central Hotel, has been found dead.
A picture-perfect seaside village that played host to Gaugin in the nineteenth century, Pont-Aven is at the height of its tourist season and is immediately thrown into uproar. As Dupin delves into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and silence that belies the village's quaint image.
A delectable read, Jean-Luc Bannalec's Death in Brittany transports readers to the French coast, where you can practically smell the sea air and taste the perfectly cooked steak frites in an expertly crafted, page-turning mystery for fans of Martin Walker.
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Janice Tangen
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November 23, 2020
Brittany, law-enforcement, murder, murder-investigation, relationships, rivalry, situational-humor, family dynamics***** Who murders a 91 year old hotelier? And why? That is the crazy that Dupin has to figure out and locate prosecutable evidence for. He is mostly a loner and has his own way of sifting through everything that comes his way which provides the rest of us with opportunities to solve things while he does. Loved it! I came late to this series, so I can testify that they only keep getting better and better! The other important thing is the beautiful prose which feels like a love song to the beauty of Brittany and her people. Jean Brassard makes the pronunciations of the unfamiliar French sound so easy.
About the author
JEAN-LUC BANNALEC is a pseudonym. The author divides his time between Germany and coastal Brittany, France.Death in Brittany, the first case for Commissaire Dupin, was published in German in March 2012 and sold 600,000 copies there, spending many months on the bestseller list. It has been sold in fourteen countries.
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