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Death in Pont-Aven
Bannalec, Jean-Luc

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Language: English | Category: Novel (Detective) | Audio Book: Not Available

A strange murder in an idyllic French seaside village, a major family tragedy, and a puzzling secret await Commissioner Dupin in this captivating whodunit thriller.

At the Central Hotel in Pont Aven, Brittany, 91-year-old manager Pierre-Louis Pennec is found murdered. Police commissioner George Dupin and his team takes on the investigation and narrow the list of suspects down to five people, including the manager of a rival hotel, a longtime friend of the victim, and a wealthy art historian. Further incidents–first a break-in, then another mysterious death–muddy the waters yet more.

As Commissioner Dupin delves further and further into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and criminality that belies the village’s idyllic image.

A surprise hit in its original German, it is a book so atmospheric readers will immediately want to wander through the village’s narrow alleyways, breathe in the Atlantic air, and smile at the Breton peculiarities. Spellbinding, subtle, and smart, this crime novel is peppered with cryptic humor and surprising twists.

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Bannalec, Jean-Luc - Death in Pont-Aven - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub
A strange murder in an idyllic French seaside village, a major family tragedy, and a puzzling secret await Commissioner Dupin in this captivating whodunit thriller. At the Central Hotel in Pont Aven, Brittany, 91-year-old manager (More) Pierre-Louis Pennec is found murdered. Police commissioner George Dupin and his team takes on the investigation and narrow the list of suspects down to five people, including the manager of a rival hotel, a longtime friend of the victim, and a wealthy art historian. Further incidents--first a break-in, then another mysterious death--muddy the waters yet more. As Commissioner Dupin delves further and further into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and criminality that belies the village's idyllic image. A surprise hit in its original German, it is a book so atmospheric readers will immediately want to wander through the village's narrow alleyways, breathe in the Atlantic air, and smile at the Breton peculiarities. Spellbinding, subtle, and smart, this crime novel is peppered with cryptic humor and surprising twists.
Bannalec, Jean-Luc - Muerte en las islas - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub
Es lo último que le apetece a Georges Dupin esa mañana: tener que salir corriendo sin haber podido tomar su segundo café y meterse en una bamboleante patrullera de la policía, atender al prefecto que le atosiga a llamadas porque (More) un amigo suyo ha desaparecido y no disponer de la menor pista sobre la identidad de los tres cadáveres que han aparecido en una playa de las paradisíacas islas de Glénan. ¿Quiénes eran esos tres hombres? ¿Tal vez víctimas del violento temporal que azotó el archipiélago la noche anterior? Todo apunta a que murieron ahogados, hasta que algo despierta las dudas del comisario. Mientras Dupin, en su cuartel general del bar-restaurante de la isla de Saint-Nicolas, interroga a los sospechosos, vuelve locos a sus colaboradores y se sumerge en las oscuras historias de los isleños, una nueva tempestad empieza a gestarse.
Bannalec, Jean-Luc - El misterio de Pont-Aven - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub
Un pueblo pintoresco y plácido donde se vive como en ningún otro sitio, un asesinato inexplicable al inicio de la temporada estival, un secreto celosamente guardado y un comisario huraño, adicto al café, aficionado a los pingüinos (More) y a la buena mesa que, por fin, tiene un caso… Después de haber pasado toda su vida en París, el comisario Dupin se vio trasladado forzosamente a Concarneau, en la Bretaña francesa, por sus métodos poco ortodoxos y su carácter irascible. Allí lleva dos años y siete meses y ha conseguido ganarse el respeto de sus subordinados. La novela comienza un 7 de julio en el que la placidez se verá interrumpida al haber sido brutalmente apuñalado Pierre Louis Pennec, de 91 años, que es el dueño del hotel Central, en el pueblo cercano de Pont-Aven, famoso por haber alojado al pintor Paul Gauguin. Dupin se encontrará con la presión de las autoridades locales, el silencio de los lugareños, los secretos que oculta la familia y las revelaciones que se van sucediendo y que no hacen sino complicar aún más el caso.
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