Everything seems to be duly studied by Jörg Bong. From the pseudonym to be used, Jean Luc Bannalec, to the figure of the curator Dupin transcending the literary and becoming a recurring element that assaults the summer imagination with fascinating cadence. Because from a French Brittany assaulted by all its coastline and its luminous landscapes by sinister criminal contrasts, Dupin has arrived every summer for years to unravel malicious plans of treacherous assassins in search of glory, revenge or power.
Perfect crimes in which deduction is presented to us as a challenge to recover that classic police aspect of the first novels of this genre. The question is to have an eccentric protagonist like Dupin so that the labyrinthine modus operandis of the moment appear surprising, resolved half instinct half analysis.
Commissioner Dupin must attend a seminar at the Saint-Malo Police College that aims to promote joint work between the four departments of Brittany. The prospect could not please Dupin less, condemned to spend four days with the prefect. So on Monday, taking advantage of the noon break, the commissioner goes to the Saint-Servan market to distract himself and buy some cheese. But right there a woman appears with a knife stuck in her heart. This is Blanche Trouin, a successful cook from the region whose restaurant has a Michelin star.
The witnesses point to his sister Lucille, also a renowned cook, since apparently there was a huge rivalry between them. Lucille was determined to overcome her sister's success and accused her of having used a recipe book from her father that she had not had access to. Dupin, who at first thinks that perhaps he will be able to use the case to skip the seminar, will instead have to collaborate with the other commissioners to solve it.
En The crimes of Saint-Malo Commissioner Dupin will feast on Cancale's oysters as he hears stories of privateers, frigates and valuable treasures and tries to solve his latest case.
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