{"product_id":"9781250198044","title":"Murderous Mistral : A Provence Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMurderous Mistral\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Cay Rademacher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational Dagger Award shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Murderer in Ruins, \u003c\/i\u003eCay Rademacher, delivers a beautifully atmospheric new story with a captivating main character in \u003ci\u003eMurderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapitaine Roger Blanc, an investigator with the anti-corruption-unit of the French Gendarmerie, was a bit too succesful in his investigations. He finds himself removed from Paris to the south of France, far away from political power. Or so it would seem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stress is too much for his marriage, and he attempts to manage the break up while trying to settle into his new life in Provence in a 200-year-old, half-ruined house. At the same time, Blanc is tasked with his first murder case: A man with no friends and a lot of enemies, an outsider, was found shot and burned. When a second man dies under suspicious circumstances in the quaint French countryside, the Capitaine from Paris has to dig deep into the hidden, dark undersides of the Provence he never expected to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers will be as captivated by Rademacher’s description of Blanc’s adjustment to village life as they will by the well-constructed mystery. Highly recommended for fans of international crime fiction, especially Mark Pryor’s Hugo Marston series and Peter Morfoot’s Paul Darac procedurals.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A carefully plotted police procedural that vividly captures the landscape and scents of Provence.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250198044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40688745087182,"sku":"9781250198044","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d855b82a-7571-4b8a-b72a-944bdec08b1b.jpg?v=1640322068","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250198044","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}