Fatal Music (A Captain Darac Novel 2) (Captain Darac Mystery): A Captain Darac Mystery - Softcover

Peter Morfoot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783296666 ISBN 13: 9781783296668

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Captain Paul Darac of the Brigade Criminelle is called to a potential crime scene - an elderly woman found dead in her hot tub. At first it's assumed that she died of natural causes, but a surprising link with Darac's own life leads him to dig deeper. In doing so he uncovers disturbing proof that there may have been a motive to murder the woman, and there is no shortage of suspects. The investigation leads him from the world of fine art to the desperate poverty of the city's high-rises. But it is among the winding streets of his own neighbourhood in Nice s old town, the Babazouk, that Darac faces his severest test yet.

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Review:

A thoroughly satisfying novel... Morfoot brilliantly captures the sights, smells and attitudes of southern France as well as giving us an engaging hero. --Shots Magazine

The author detonates a string of fireworks --Kirkus

In Morfoot s intriguing second whodunit featuring French police captain Paul Darac (after 2016 s Impure Blood)... The road to the logical solution is full of surprises. --Publishers Weekly

"An engaging, straight-forward procedural that links various accoutrements as it pulls you along like an iron bar to a magnet. Crime and mystery readers will consume every last morsel of this book." Criminal Element

"Deftly interwoven plot lines... vividly captured Riviera setting... This strikingly well-written crime novel should appeal strongly to many.” - Jazz Journal

About the Author:

Peter Morfoot has written a number of plays and sketch shows for BBC radio and TV and is the author of the acclaimed satirical novel, Burksey. He has lectured in film, holds a PhD in Art History, and has spent thirty years exploring the life, art and restaurant tables of the French Riviera, the setting for his series of crime novels featuring Captain Paul Darac of Nice's Brigade Criminelle. He lives in Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1783296666
• ISBN 13: 9781783296668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352