Against the background of fascinating Provence, a fantastic case is solved. Chief Inspector Littlejohn is sent to France to make informal enquiries about a motor accident. But his job is not easy, for he finds himself amongst the sombre, secretive inhabitants of St. Marcellin, a dying French village in the mountains of High Provence. Dominated by the aristocratic Monsieur le Marquis, the village obstructs his every move. But they had under-estimated the kindly, courteous Littlejohn.
Death in High Provence is the tenth title in Agora's Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries.
Reviews
"One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simon-pure British detective story" - The New York Times
"Mr Bellairs always gives good value" - The Sunday Times
"Pure British detective story" - The New York Times
"George Bellairs deserves to be much more well known, an excellent writer of proper well written and well crafted detective stories.I cant wait to read my next one." Amazon Reviewer
It certainly stands out as being quite different in structure and style than any of the other Bellairs novels I have read so far but I couldn’t help but think that this would have worked better as a novel with a French policeman such as Bellairs’ Dorange taking the lead rather than an English detective like Littlejohn.
Read my full review at Mysteries Ahoy!