Death in Brittany

"Commissaire Georges Dupin, a Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is not happy when he is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. The local village of Pont-Aven--a sleepy commu...

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Main Author: Bannalec, Jean-Luc, 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: McDonagh, Sorcha (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Minotaur Books, 2015.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Series:Bannalec, Jean-Luc, 1966- Commissioner Dupin series ; bk. 1.
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Summary:"Commissaire Georges Dupin, a Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is not happy when he 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"--Dust jacket flap.
Item Description:"First published in Germany under the title Bretonische Verhältnisse."--From t.p. verso.
This translation was first published in 2014 by Hesperus Nova under the title Death in Pont-Aven.
"A Thomas Dunne book."
Physical Description:318 pages : map ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781250061744 (hbk.)
1250061741 (hbk.)
9781250088437
Author Notes: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 into 13 countries.