The Mystery of Henri Pick [Paperback]

The delightful first title in a new collaboration with Channel 4's Walter Presents: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books

In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it.

The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author - apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece? An obstinate journalist, Jean-Michel Rouche, heads to Brittany to investigate.

By turns farcical and moving, The Mystery of Henri Pick is a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books - and of the authors who write them.

Curley #108 A delight with a novel premise. — CrimeReads

The Mystery of Henri Pick is so ridiculously French that if it started smoking Gitanes while you read it, you wouldn’t be entirely surprised. — The Sunday Times Culture magazine

This book is light, funny and erudite: a delight. — The Guardian

A charming literary caper... A playfully droll satire of the French publishing scene and a completely delightful jeu d’esprit. — The Daily Mail

Written with humour, wit and intelligence, it's set in a world of books and publishing. I really enjoyed it. — TripFl¾