All Pure Souls: An Aliette Nouvelle Mystery

Aliette Nouvelle #2

by John Brooke

There's a deadly August heatwave and Inspector Aliette Nouvelle is looking forward to her upcoming vacation. She's been working hard, without much reward. Denied promotion to the coveted Commissaire's post--which seemed practically guaranteed before the dubious Jacques Normand affair--she now finds herself working under the new acting Commissaire, Claude Neon, her former assistant. It's hard not to be bitter. When Claude presents Aliette with the report on the murder of a Marilyn Monroe look-alike who had been the star attraction at the upscale brothel known as Mari Morgan's, he assures her it's an open-and-shut case. The prime suspect is already sitting in a cell awaiting questioning and psychiatric evaluation. But Aliette's instincts tell her that this is not quite as simple as it appears. Claude doesn't always agree with Aliette's methods, but he has learned from first-hand experience to trust her instincts: she's still the best cop in "la brigade." He reluctantly hands over the case and Aliette embarks on an unsettling journey, the strangely uncooperative putes' clues leading her to a sisterly cult and the ancient goddess who rules it.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

John Brooke lives mainly in Montreal, near Marché Jean-Talon Market and Parc Jarry, and often in an old schoolhouse up the hill from the village of Dunedin, Ontario.

He has been a freelance business writer and translator for twenty-five years.

As of January, 2016, John has published seven Inspector Aliette Nouvelle mysteries.

He gathers information on the world of French police during regular trips to a village in France with his French-born love Annie.