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A Mystery in Provence (Commissaire Laviolette Mystery)
by Pierre Magnan
An atmospheric thriller set, like all Magnan's work, in Provence, and featuring his engaging detective, Commissaire Laviolette. Tautly plotted and brimming with suspense, Magnan’s fifth novel to be translated into English is a story of dark vengeance and avarice, linking the peasant community of Upper Provence to nineteenth-century South Africa.
"Starred Review. Magnan blends elegant clue laying and deft characterizations that strike to the core of human frailties ...." - Publishers Weekly.
"Magnan fashions an intricate landscape of life in a French village while weaving menace and suspense into his tapestry." - Kirkus Reviews.
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Pierre Magnan is an award-winning French crime writer. Death in the Truffle Wood was his first Commissaire Laviolette mystery to be published in the United States; the third will be The Murdered House.
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