Jacquot and the Angel (SIGNED)

O'Brien, Martin

ISBN 10: 0755322851 / ISBN 13: 9780755322855

Published by Headline, 2005

About this Item

Signed and dated by the author to the title page, no dedication. Unclipped dust jacket without further markings or inscriptions. In a gripping and skillfully crafted novel, Martin O'Brien serves up a murderous slice of French country life, laced with dark secrets and chilling menace.

Seller Inventory # 000445

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jacquot and the Angel (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Headline
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755322851
• ISBN 13: 9780755322855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In the Second World War, four Resistance fighters are executed by the Gestapo in France's Occupied Southern Zone. More than fifty years later a wealthy German family, resident in Provence, is brutally murdered. When a local gardener is arrested and charged, Daniel Jacquot of the Cavaillon Regional Crime Squad is convinced they have the wrong man. Four hundred miles away, in Alsace, Marie-Ange Buhl knows it for certain. Marie-Ange is a psychic and has 'helped' the police before. She comes to Provence and begins to investigate with Jacquot, and together they uncover a secret that goes back more than half a century, a story of love and betrayal, hatred and blackmail in which his own family had a tragic part to play.

About the Author

Martin O'Brien was educated at the Oratory School and Hertford College Oxford. He started his career as a copy-sub, going on to become Travel Editor of Vogue. He left Vogue to write ALL THE GIRLS. After 20 years of living in London, Martin, his wife and two daughters moved to the countryside, where he started to write the Jacquot books...