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Synopsis
Set in the pastoral ambiance of 1960s France, Detective Lauriant Investigates contains two hardboiled novellas.
"Death in a Ditch" delivers Lauriant to Saint Sauveur where he begins the nasty task of piecing together the grisly death of an antiques dealer whose body has been found in a ditch.
"Murder in the Vendee" finds Lauriant disgraced and banished to a small, sleepy province, where he must solve the mystery of a count's murder. The obvious murderer is the count's son. However, Lauriant senses a deeper, political cause hidden beneath the tranquil surface of this village.
"Soothing, stylish prose, low-key but persistent action, and deft character descriptions are nicely blended."-Library Journal
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Graham R. Wood has always had an interest in the mystery novel. An honors graduate in politics, he pursued a business career that took him around most of the world. From this, he has returned to his first loves-the mystery novel, his home in Wales and an affair with France and all things French.
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The WorldKrime series from Intrigue gets another installment with Detective Lauriant Investigates, a volume comprised of two short novels featuring the titular hard-drinking, hard-working gruff guy with a heart of gold investigating crime in 1960s France. In Death in a Ditch, Graham R. Wood's hero searches for the killer of a strange antiques dealer; in Murder in the Vendee, he must determine if a Count's son was also his killer.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
This mystery by first-time British author Wood is actually two adventures in one. In "Death in a Ditch," Detective Lauriant is called in to investigate a small-town murder in 1960s France. The victim, a French-speaking German with an Argentine passport, leaves behind an upscale but mostly unvisited antique shop, a therefore mysteriously amassed fortune, and a surprise legatee. The small host of intriguing characters includes the town's resident busybody, a sickly notary, a possibly dodgy mayor, and others. The second tale, "Murder in the Vend e," revolves around the mystery of a count's murder. Soothing, stylish prose, low-key but persistent action, and deft character descriptions are nicely blended. For readers who like their mysteries with a Gallic touch.
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