When I first began with this series, I did not like Georges Dupin at all and forced myself to finish, but the conclusion was good. Also, I usually skip a bit of the narrative, as too often I find Bannalec rather boring & long winded, especially when Dupin is alone with his thoughts.
What I did like was the description of Brittany and the information/history on the oyster culture in Europe.
Synopsis: An older woman discovers a corpse while walking her dog, when Dupin & colleagues arrive the corpse is gone! A second corpse is found by a group of tourists, thrown from atop a hiking trail.
The 2nd corpse is later identifies as a Scotsman who was last seen with a friend. Both have oysters & a Celtic cultural group in common with the oyster farmers in Belon, as well shady dealings.
There is an on-going side investigation, of two business partners, into sand theft and more criminal oyster dealings, with one of the two meeting with a near fatal accident.
This held my interest, but the book could seriously have been shorter.
The Missing Corpse Jean-Luc Bannalec
★ ★ ★
Brittany
When I first began with this series, I did not like Georges Dupin at all and forced myself to finish, but the conclusion was good. Also, I usually skip a bit of the narrative, as too often I find Bannalec rather boring & long winded, especially when Dupin is alone with his thoughts.
What I did like was the description of Brittany and the information/history on the oyster culture in Europe.
Synopsis: An older woman discovers a corpse while walking her dog, when Dupin & colleagues arrive the corpse is gone! A second corpse is found by a group of tourists, thrown from atop a hiking trail.
The 2nd corpse is later identifies as a Scotsman who was last seen with a friend. Both have oysters & a Celtic cultural group in common with the oyster farmers in Belon, as well shady dealings.
There is an on-going side investigation, of two business partners, into sand theft and more criminal oyster dealings, with one of the two meeting with a near fatal accident.
This held my interest, but the book could seriously have been shorter.