Secrets of the Abbey: A Brittany Mystery

Jean-Luc Bannalec

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Secrets of the Abbey: A Brittany Mystery

Secrets of the Abbey: A Brittany Mystery

Jean-Luc Bannalec

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Description

In international bestselling author Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Secrets of the Abbey, between large inlets, the wild Atlantic, and enchanting apple orchards, a tricky and highly personal case unfolds for Commissaire Georges Dupin and his team.

Summer in Brittany has carried merrily into October, bringing warm, sunny days and balmy nights. For Commissaire Georges Dupin and his team, it also brings a heavy blow. Second inspector Kadeg's aunt has passed away after being struck by a series of omens of death. And when Kadeg travels to the former abbey where his aunt lived, he's attacked and critically injured.

Dupin and the rest of his team quickly head to the aunt's estate on the Côte des Légendes to look into what happened. But the more they look, the more questions are uncovered, and the more secrets Kadeg's family seems to have.

About the Author

Internationally bestselling author JEAN-LUC BANNALEC lives in Germany and the southerly region of the French département of Finistère. In 2016 he was given the award 'Mécène de Bretagne.' Since 2018 he has been an honorary member of the Académie littéraire de Bretagne. The New York Times has praised of his Brittany mysteries, "Delicious... if this isn't heaven, it's close enough." Bannalec is the author of Death in Brittany, Murder on Brittany Shores, The Fleur de Sel Murders, The Missing Corpse, The Killing Tide, The Granite Coast Murders, The King Arthur Case, The Body By the Sea (named one of Washington Post's "Ten Best Mystery Novels of the Year"), Death of a Master Chef, and An Island of Suspects.

Critical Reviews

Praise for The Secrets of the Abbey

"Bannalec's invigorating prose will envelop readers." -The Christian Science Monitor

Praise for Commissaire Georges Dupin and the Brittany Mysteries

"Roll over Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived." --M.C. Beaton

"[A] superb series." -The Globe and Mail (Canada)

"The descriptions of Brittany are mesmerizing. It has been elevated into my top 10 places I need to visit, all thanks to Bannalec." --BookPage (starred review)

"[Bannalec's] mysteries are both well-crafted and impossible to read without wanting to use them as guides for future trips to the region." --Booklist (starred review)

"[Bannalec's] Brittany is timeless." -Kirkus Reviews

"Dupin [is] something of a contemporary provincial Poirot."--Publishers Weekly

Publishing Information

Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pub date: 2027-03-23
Length: 320 pages

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