Juliet Hebden - Böcker

When Chief Inspector Pel receives a letter from an old friend, it becomes a sign of all hell breaking loose. Two murders are committed and a suspicious robbery takes place.What is the connection between the letter, the robbery and the murder? An international plot begins to unravel and Pel is called in to pick up the pieces.Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.

Chief Inspector Pel has been kidnapped. Or is he being held for ransom, traded for the release of prisoners, or has he perhaps been murdered? He is, in any event, missing. To make matters worse, the press report the escape of the notorious Poltergeist from a high-security prison.Just when things can’t get more desperate, a fantastic robbery from the gunroom of Baron de Charnet’s chateau takes place and a collection of diamonds is stolen from a high-street jeweller’s safe.Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel normally ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.

Under cover of a blizzarding Burgundy December, a French Jack the Ripper is at work. Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Désiré Pel is disturbed by the less than festive happenings; though if Christmas gets cancelled not all is bad in his mind.It is only when some of his team’s own kin are subjected to the violence that the investigation takes a personal spin. Pel and his flics must pit their wits against the mind of a madman, or risk losing the ones they care for most.Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.

Hooded men have broken open the hold of a plane full of passengers at the local airport, and have stolen cargo described as perfume samples. Nothing else has been touched.Pel is suspicious. If the cargo was really perfume samples, why was it described as looking like a sack of potatoes, and why was it so heavy? There seems to be no love lost between those affected and Pel begins to wonder whether past events might hold the key…Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.

Chief Inspector Pel is called in to investigate when a nurse and her dialysis patient are found in the local surgery with horrific gunshot wounds. Nobody in the area noticed anything suspicious. Forensic evidence suggests that the pair were having an affair, but is this simply a crime passionel?Adding to the bafflement of Pel’s team are the murders of two young girls, both bearing a strange set of teeth marks on their necks. Could the local suspicion about vampires be true?Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.

Commissaire Pel hasn't been promoted which is disappointing; then he meets the new Chief of Police and the implications suddenly look disastrous... However, an interfering boss is the least of Pel's worries. The supermarket at Talant has been broken into again; the night watchman attacked, his dog killed, and all that's missing are a couple of bags of groceries.Then someone leaves a letter bomb at the bank. With La Division Nationale Anti-Terroriste now involved, Pel is near the end of his tether. He knows that he has to outwit the terrorists before any more lives are lost.Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.

While most of France watched their beloved rugby XV being beaten in a memorable World Cup final, the Burgundy Butcher was disposing a victim’s body in the swollen river Saone. On discovery of the torso, Commissaire Pel has no clue to the victim's identity.Under constant pressure from the new Chief of Police, Pel methodically applies himself to unravelling the puzzle. Then when a second mutilated body is discovered, he has to accept the possibility of a serial killer operating on his patch.Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.