Fires have been breaking out all over Chief Inspector Pel8217s beloved province of Burgundy, from small houses to woodland Then a local farmer8217s flock of sheep is poisoned, a tray of valuable rings stolen from a local jewellers, and the body of a woman is found Inspector Pel has his work cut out for him in this exhilarating murder mystery Moody, sharptongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries Praise for the Inspector Pel Mystery series:8216Totally convincing8217Financial Times8216Mr Hebden has createda nice band of flics8217Oxford Times8216Pel and his procedurals aresome of the best things since Maigret8217Observer8216Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis D233sir233 Pel,as well rounded a character as Maigret or Van der Valk8217Punch8216Impeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a wellconstructed solution Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers8217The Times8216Some characters grow as their saga lengthens and Pel8230 is one of them You might sayhe is ripening along with the grapes8217Police Review82168230written withdownbeat humour and some delightful dialogue8217Financial Times82168230all is most cunningly contrivedand dovetailed into a coherent plot8217Irish Times8216Athoroughly entertaining read8217Evening Standard8216Thebest Gallic sleuth since Maigret8217London Mystery Selection