Under the Channel - Softcover

Petel, Gilles

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9781908313669: Under the Channel

Synopsis

When the body of a Scotsman turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train at the Gare du Nord, Parisian detective Roland Desfeuillčres finds himself in charge of a murder investigation. This inter-city tale of changing identities is no ordinary crime novel.

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About the Author

Gilles Pétel was born and raised in Dunkirk. After studying philosophy at the Université de Nice, he spent several years abroad teaching. In 1996 his first novel, Le Métier dans le sang, was published by Fayard. This was followed by other novels, Le Mur de Broadway (Fayard, 1998), Le Recensement (Stock, 2000) and La Déposition (Stock, 2002), as well as short stories, and a play Le Monologue de la femme ivre de bonheur staged by the artists group “Lilas en scčne” in December 2009. Under the Channel will be published by Gallic Books in March 2015.

Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London.

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