Part of the fun of reading mysteries is being allowed to be the proverbial fly on the wall. Dupin is constantly saying, "We need to talk," but readers are never allowed to hear what they talk about. Commissaire Georges Dupin, a Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast.
Dupin's two inspectors become mere minions after very brief introductions. What is lacking in Death in Brittany is characterization. The mystery is also a good one, with tie-ins to local history and to Paul Gauguin. His descriptions are so vivid it was easy for me to picture the beautiful setting.
They soon find five principal suspects, and it's going to take a lot more digging to find out which one "done it."īannalec has written a mystery with a marvelous sense of place, complete with some of its fascinating historical background. Someone has killed 91-year-old hotelier Pierre-Louis Pennec, and it's up to Dupin and his men to find the murderer. The last thing Pont-Aven needs is a murder, but that's exactly what's happened. It's at the height of the season, and many tourists are coming to see where the famous artist Gauguin once lived. Pont-Aven is a small village where everyone knows everyone else. He seemingly murdered the real police chief of the Village of Fowl Devotees. He is a 'famous' detective obsessed with what's cool, including ridiculous sunglasses which cover up his one eyebrow and green plastic shoes with yellow lightning bolts on them that hide the tattoo of an eye on his ankle. Unfortunately Dupin is called away from his daily ritual by a murder in nearby Pont-Aven. Jul-2015 / Police/Detective/Law Enforcement Book - 1 Commissaire Georges Dupin, a cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. Detective Dupin (doo-PWAH) is Count Olaf's disguise in The Vile Village. Recently relocated from Paris, Commissaire Georges Dupin enjoys his posting to the remote coast of Brittany, especially when his morning coffee and croissant are undisturbed. Cast: Pasquale Aleardi, Christina Hecke, Nicki Von Tempelhoff Production: ARD Das Erste, filmpool ficiton GmbH. First Line: The seventh of July was a magnificent summer's day, one of those majestic Atlantic days that always lifted Commissaire Dupin's spirits.
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