Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives (The Pignon Scorbion Series) (Pignon Scorbion, 1)

Rick Bleiweiss

ISBN 10: 1665046759 / ISBN 13: 9781665046756

Published by Blackstone Publishing, 2022

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Signed first edition. pages, cloth cover, are as new. Dust jacket has a tiny bit of shelf wear on the bottom front corner. strong fine condition, close to as new.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1729820925760

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives (The Pignon Scorbion Series) (Pignon Scorbion, 1)
• Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1665046759
• ISBN 13: 9781665046756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A PNBA BuzzBooks Winner

“Bleiweiss’s novel is a worthy addition in the tradition of Conan Doyle and Christie. Holmes and Poirot, please make room for Pignon Scorbion.”-Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of What You Break

For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, author Rick Bleiweiss's quirky new detective and ensemble cast of characters set against the backdrop of small-town England in the 1910s, will feel both comfortingly familiar and thrillingly new.

The year is 1910, and in the small and seemingly sleepy English municipality of Haxford, there's a new chief police inspector. At first, the dapper and unflappable Pignon Scorbion strikes something of an odd figure among the locals, who don't see a need for such an exacting investigator. But it isn't long before Haxford finds itself very much in need of a detective.

Luckily, Scorbion and the local barber are old acquaintances, and the barbershop employs a cast of memorable characters who -- together with an aspiring young ace reporter for the local Morning News -- are nothing less than enthralled by the enigmatic new chief police inspector.

Investigating a trio of crimes whose origins span three continents and half a century, Pignon Scorbion and his ''tonsorial sleuths'' interview a parade of interested parties, but with every apparent clue, new surprises come to light. And just as it seems nothing can derail Scorbion's cool head and almost unerring nose for deduction, in walks Thelma Smith -- dazzling, whip-smart, and newly single.

Has Pignon Scorbion finally met his match?

About the Author

RICK BLEIWEISS started his career in music as a rock performer, producer of over fifty records, songwriter and record company senior executive, and worked with Clive Davis, Melissa Etheridge, the Backstreet Boys, Kiss, U2, Whitney Houston, the BeeGees, and other industry legends. Since 2006 as a publishing company executive, he has acquired works by bestselling and award-winning authors including James Clavell, Gabriel García Márquez, Rex Pickett, Leon Uris, and Nicholas Sansbury Smith, among others. In his latest creative endeavor, Rick has crafted the Pignon Scorbion historical mystery series -- blending his love of the past with the twisty deliciousness of a whodunit. Follow Rick and Scorbion at RickBleiweiss.com