Roll over Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived. M.C. Beaton onDeath in Brittany
Very satisfying&along the lines of Martin Walkers novels set in Dordogne, or M.L. Longworths Aix-en-Provence mysteries. BooklistonMurder on Brittany Shores
The Missing Corpseis internationally bestselling author, Jean-Luc Bannalecs fourth novel in the Commissaire Dupin series. Its picturesque, suspenseful, and the next best thing to a trip to Brittany.
Along the picturesque Belon River, home of the world famous oyster beds, between steep cliffs, ominous forests and the Atlantic Ocean, a stubborn elderly film actress discovers a corpse. By the time Commissaire Dupin arrives at the scene, the body has disappeared. A little while later, he receives a phone call from the mystical hills of Monts d'Arree, where legends of fairies and the devil abound: another unidentified body has turned up. Dupin quickly realizes this may be his most difficult and confounding case yet, with links to celtic myths, a sand theft operation, and mysterious ancient druid cults.
International bestselling author JEAN-LUC BANNALEC divides his time between Germany and coastal Brittany, France. He is also the author of
Death in Brittany, Murder on Brittany Shores,and
The Fleur de Sel Murders.