Inspector Daquin Series by Dominique Manotti
Inspector Daquin #1
Rough Trade
Dominique Manotti
A gripping morality tale of twentieth-century Paris.Translated from the French by Margaret Crosland & Elfreda Powell. The reprint of the French crime novel that was awarded the top prize for best crime story of itsyear by the French Crime Writers Association andhas since become a huge hit in the UK as part of Arcadia's EuroCrime Series. Set in the heart of the rag-trade district in Paris over a singlehectic month, it takes the reader along a dark path' of sinister events that centre around the murder of a young Thai woman - but take in every element of sleazy city life. Extraordinaire!Review"'The novel I liked most this year. Set in Le Sentier, the district of Paris where expensive clothes are made in sweatshops, it uses real events - the struggle by foreign workers in 1980 to get legal status - as the setting for an extraordinarily vivid crime novel' - Joan Smith, Books of the Year, Independent 'A splendid neo-realistic tale of everyday bleakness and transgression set in the seedy underworld of Paris. You can smell the Gitanes and pastis fumes of the real France' - Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian 'The complexity and the uncompromising tone have drawn comparisons with American writers such as James Ellroy. But Manotti's ability to convey the unique rhythms of a French police investigation distinguishes Rough Trade' - Daily Telegraph 'Tightly written, undoubtedly realistic and often exciting' - The Times" About the AuthorDominique Manotti teaches nineteenth-century Economic History. Rough Trade, her first novel, was awarded the top prize for the best thriller of the year by the French Crime Writers Association. Her other books include Lorraine Connections and Dead Horsemeat.
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Inspector Daquin #2
Dead Horsemeat
Dominique Manotti
A group of school friends from the heyday of 1968 France take center stage in this racy account of horse racing, public corruption, and criminal intent. Agathe Renourd and her protégé, Nicolas Berger, are in charge of the communications network of a major European insurance consortium. Christian Deluc has become a council member at the Elysée Palace, and Amelie raises thoroughbreds. Now, in 1989, their paths cross in an unexpected fashion as events begin to spiral out of control. Racehorses die under mysterious circumstances; unimaginable quantities of cocaine appear at Parisian parties; and the dashing Nicolas Berger meets a violent end when a bomb explodes in his car. The search for resolution produces a dark ride filled with political intrigue and mystery.
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