Madame le Commissaire and the Dead Nun

  • Scenic meets slaughter
  • Provencal flair, loveable characters and a ruthless murder
  • perfect holiday reading, not just for those who are France-bound

From the edge of a steep cliff, where you can normally enjoy the sunset under the tall Aleppo pines, Isabelle Bonnet is greeted by a sight that is anything but idyllic.

A woman, unmistakably in a habit, is lying on the beach. The worst fears are quickly confirmed: the nun is no longer alive. When collecting rare medicinal plants, she evidently lost her footing and fell to her death. In any case that is the police’s (overhasty) conclusion.

However, Madame le Commissaire does not trust her colleagues’ initial deductions - and she is right. She starts investigating in the lonely, but picturesquely situated monastery in the Massif des Maures and quickly has more than one suspect. But who would really go so far as to murder a nun?

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  • Publisher: Knaur TB
  • Release: 03.04.2018
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-52197-7
  • 384 Pages
  • Series: Ein Fall für Isabelle Bonnet
  • Author: Pierre Martin
Madame le Commissaire and the Dead Nun
Pierre Martin Madame le Commissaire and the Dead Nun
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Pierre Martin

Behind the pseudonym Pierre Martin hides an author who has made a name for himself with novels set in France and Italy. He has acquired a new identity for his protagonist Madame le Commissaire.