{"product_id":"pel-and-the-party-spirit","title":"Pel and the Party Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrigade Criminelle is mobilised when a fatal stabbing, an anticipated delivery of lethal drugs from Marseilles, and the discovery of a thirty-year-old corpse in an ancient turreted tower in the town of Puyceldome coincide with a frantic search for two murderous hitchhikers – all on Chief Inspector Pel’s patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs folk-dancers, stilt-walkers, fire-eaters, and jugglers lurch through a night of carnival, Pel stalks his prey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nPraise for the Inspector Pel Mystery series:\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eTotally convincing.\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Mr Hebden has created \u003cstrong\u003ea nice band of flics\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ \u003cem\u003eOxford Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Pel and his procedurals are \u003cstrong\u003esome of the best things since Maigret\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Désiré Pel, \u003cstrong\u003eas well rounded a character as Maigret or Van der Valk\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eImpeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a well-constructed solution.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers!’ \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Some characters grow as their saga lengthens and Pel… is one of them. You might say \u003cstrong\u003ehe is ripening along with the grapes\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ \u003cem\u003ePolice Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘…written with \u003cstrong\u003edownbeat humour and some delightful dialogue\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘…\u003cstrong\u003eall is most cunningly contrived\u003c\/strong\u003e and dovetailed into a coherent plot.’ \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003ethoroughly entertaining read\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘The \u003cstrong\u003ebest Gallic sleuth since Maigret\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ \u003cem\u003eLondon Mystery Selection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duckworth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222306836824,"sku":"9781788423687","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781788423687_24becada-6498-4349-bc17-3683075c7c11.jpg?v=1764440131","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/pel-and-the-party-spirit","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}