The killing tide

First Title Value for Searching:

The killing tide

Personal Author:

Bannalec, Jean-Luc, 1966-

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

358 pages ; 22 cm.

Series:

Brittany mystery ; 5

General Note:

First published as Bretonische Flut in Germany by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Summary:

"The Killing Tide by Jean-Luc Bannalec is the fifth novel in the internationally bestselling Commissaire Dupin series. Deep sea fishers, dolphin researchers, smugglers, and an island shrouded in myth in the middle of the rough Atlantic ocean: Commissaire Dupin had sworn he would never again investigate on the ocean, but his fifth case takes him offshore, off the west coast of Brittany on a beautifully sunny day in June. He lands on the unique Île de Sein, populated by more rabbits than people, where the hairdresser arrives by boat and which was formerly inhabited by powerful witches and even the devil himself. In front of this impressive backdrop-between the islands of Molène, Ouessant, and the bay of Douarnenez-Dupin and his team follow a puzzling case that pushes them to their very limits"--

Subject Term:

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Additional Credits:

Millar, Peter

Publication Info:

New York : Minotaur Books, 2020.

Subject:

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Brittany (France) -- Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Etablissement public régional de Bretagne

Bretagne (France)

Bretaň (France)

Breizh (France)

Brittanny (France)

Région Bretagne (France)

SAILS ISBN:

9781250173386

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The Killing Tide by Jean-Luc Bannalec is the fifth novel in the internationally bestselling Commissaire Dupin series.

Deep sea fishers, dolphin researchers, smugglers, and an island shrouded in myth in the middle of the rough Atlantic ocean: Commissaire Dupin had sworn he would never again investigate on the ocean, but his fifth case takes him offshore, off the west coast of Brittany on a beautifully sunny day in June. He lands on the unique ÃZle de Sein, populated by more rabbits than people, where the hairdresser arrives by boat and which was formerly inhabited by powerful witches and even the devil himself. In front of this impressive backdrop--between the islands of MolÃ¨ne, Ouessant, and the bay of Douarnenez--Dupin and his team follow a puzzling case that pushes them to their very limits.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A particularly tough day begins for Commisaire Georges Dupin in Bannalec's superb fifth Brittany mystery (after 2017's The Missing Corpse) when a fisherwoman from the Île de Sein is found in a container full of rotting fish with her throat slit. The discovery of two more people with their throats cut--one a dolphin researcher, the other a retired professor--launches a fast-paced investigation that puts perennially seasick Dupin, a former Paris police detective who's a fish out of water in western Brittany, in headlong pursuit of a killer across the islands off the port of Douarnenez--and that exposes the seamy underside of commercial fishing. The dramatic conclusion leaves Dupin to reflect on the shadowy notions of justice, ambiguous endings, and the many mysteries of Brittany, where Celtic legends and Breton folklore are accepted as matter of fact parts of modern life. Bannelec (the pen name of Jörg Bong) has concocted the perfect blend of police procedural and travelogue. (Feb.)

Kirkus Review

From the oyster farms of Port Belon, Commissaire Georges Dupin (The Missing Corpse, 2019, etc.) pushes north to probe the mysterious deaths of two women near the bay of Douarnenez.Douarnenez is a fishing town where small family-owned boats jockey with large trawlers, all competing to wrest a living from the unpredictable Atlantic. Cline Kerkrom was a line fisher, one of the few women to own her own boat. She lived alone and kept to herself. So why would someone slit her throat and dump her body in a container of fish guts in the harbor's auction hall? Harbormistress Gatane Gochat is appalled, not so much by the violence of the murder as by the disruption it causes to the fish hall. Dupin, on the other hand, doesn't mind rattling a few cages along the way to finding Cline's murderer. He confronts Charles Morin, owner of a large fleet of deep-sea trawlers as well as some coastal boats, who's rumored to take in more than the legal limit. He also chases down a local character known as Captain Vaillant, who's reputed to be a pirate. But more murders lead Dupin and inspectors Riwal and Kadeg to wonder if the origin of the crime really is local, since the second victim, Laetitia Darot, was an outsider, a researcher who studied the dolphins in the Parc Iroise. As usual, Dupin's drive to catch the killer quickly is balanced by his desire to enjoy the local cafes and the breathtaking Breton coast just a little bit longer. And as usual, justice triumphs.More of Bannalec's winning formula: a healthy chunk of Brittany with a bracing dash of murder. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.