Commissaire Dupin is back in The Fleur de Sel Murders the third Brittany mystery from international bestselling author Jean-Luc Bannalec A lapse in a spattering of crime novels of late is that they are often atmospherically deficient stagnant—the plots go straight to the ripening corpse with no care for the surroundings they are so generic in nature that it wouldn’t matter whether a body was found in Central Park in NYC or among the “floating hills” of Pluto it’s just the reverse; we remember where the great ones lived and worked: Marlowe in Los Angeles and both Kinsey Millhone and Lew Archer in the fictional town of Santa Teresa that McDonald created which feels more real than some of these newbie gumshoes’ stomping grounds and introduced me to the French salt marshes of the Guérande Peninsula The fleur de sel gave off a curious fragrance of violets in the days after the harvest; it mingled with the smell of rich clay and the salt and iodine in the air that people here in the middle of the White Land—the Gwenn Rann the far-reaching salt marshes of the Guérande—smelled and tasted more strongly with every breath than anywhere else on the coast the distinctive scent filled the salt gardens used to say that it made people faint sometimes A landscape of the four elements needed for the alchemy of the salt: sea It should be noted this isn’t where Bannalec’s Commissaire Dupin usually plies his craft; he’s somewhat outside his Brittany jurisdiction (also dotingly described) snooping around the picturesque terrain at the behest of a journalist friend she has disappeared after asking Dupin to investigate the marshes and required rescuing by one Commissaire Rose take kindly to his trespassing on her turf The dead body in this utterly peaceful scene They were standing on the ocean floor of a wide bay hundreds of meters of coarse sand with huge numbers of oyster and mussel beds nestled in it adorned with a few scattered fair-weather clouds like balls of cotton and the inky blue Morbihan shimmered in the distance It looked as though her head had got caught between two wooden struts of the long I’m not sure if it’s an issue of translation but many passages are tripped up by repetition of words (“narrow” makes many appearances) as well as the overly excitable exclamation point But the worst offender is the use of measurement I lost count of “not one millimeter,” “after a few more meters,” “not budge a millimeter,” and “a few meters deep” that ran kilometers of chapters Georges Simenon’s Jules Maigret is the French detective by which all others are gauged level-headed Maigret steps away from the throng of imitators in defiance to their ordinariness Perhaps Dupin will evolve to match those giant shoes as his persona in The Fleur de Sel Murders is a bit underwhelming though making up for any shortcomings is Bannalec’s rich description of the French backdrop The Fleur de Sel Murders is a good mystery and I’m hoping to appreciate the next in the series even more Mr Ruto won after portraying himself as a “hustler” who was challenging an attempt by two dynasties – the Odingas and Kenyattas – to hang on to power يمكن تنظيف الأسطح الخشبية الأخرى ، مثل الأوعية الخشبية ، بمنظفات منزلية غير سامة وآمنة باتباع هذه الخطوات نقطع الليمون إلى نصفين ، ونزيل اللب والبذور ، ونعصرهما في وعاء أضف 1 ملعقة كبيرة من زيت الزيتون و 1 ملعقة كبيرة من الماء قلّبي المزيج جيداً بملعقة أو ضعيه في وعاء وغطّيه ورجّيه جيداً للسماح لعصير الليمون وزيت الزيتون بالانتشار جيداً فوق الماء ، ويضاف الخل لكل ثلاث ملاعق كبيرة من زيت الزيتون خذ قطعة قماش قطنية وانقعها في المحلول ورطبها واعصرها حتى تجف ثم امسح الوعاء الخشبي بقطعة القماش هذه ، وننصح باختبار هذا الخليط على منطقة لضمان خلط جيد مع السطح الخشبي A new murder mystery that involves martinis Kelly Mullen has a fresh take on the cozy mystery in her premiere novel This Is Not a Game Over the course of 24 hours a woman and her granddaughter progress from guests at a cocktail party to amateur sleuths hunting… When something is described to me as a metaphysical mystery I know I’m going to be either highly entertained by intelligent storytelling (as I was here) or incredibly bored by self-conscious navel-gazing (which I thankfully wasn’t) while reading Sara Gran’s first short story collection The previous book in the Pentecost and Parker series ended on a cliffhanger with Will Parker coming back to 1948 New York City after a well-earned vacation celebrated private investigator Lillian Pentecost Lillian is being arrested for the murder of Jessup Quincannon,… yet another pandemic has sent the world into lockdown Those who survive emerge with a renewed lease on life seeming almost enlightened as they shed their most negative feelings and embrace happiness instead Masthead About Advertisers: Contact Us Privacy Policy Become a member for as low as $5/month Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker This article was published more than 2 years ago Here are six thrillers that have as many twists as a pretzel – including one set on a reality TV cooking competition in the Vermont woods sleeting Saturday and I was desperate for a getaway Lucky for me I had The Red Queen waiting for me It has a fascinating female lead and is set in Spain There’s very little sex or violence but a whole lot of intellectual fodder – I loved it from page one The story begins with some light blackmail: Inspector Jon Gutierrez of the Bilbao Police is in deep disgrace he has to persuade a woman named Antonia Scott to rejoin the world a woman with a mind divinely designed for crime solving she stopped working and has refused to return Why Gutierrez might succeed in convincing her is as much a mystery as anything else murdered and then posed on the sofa in his parents’ home Because this is a case revolving around the highest echelons of Spanish society it must be kept a total secret and so the call goes out to Red Queen a group of secret detectives led by a man known only as Mentor Antonia is essential to Red Queen and soon This book has plenty of interesting action and wonderful trips around Madrid and Antonia never fails to fascinate and enlighten as the story moves The great twist comes in the final few pages so don’t think of reading the end first It appears Gutierrez and Antonia may return; I hope very soon How about a casual stroll on the Brittany coast That’s the haunt of Commissaire Georges Dupin in this excellent addition to an already superb series The plot is classic French detective work with descriptions of Breton scenes and food that had me cruising Expedia for flights Bannalec’s style hearkens back to the wonderful George Simenon and it’s a treat to read This eighth Dupin novel is set in the Commissaire’s hometown of Concarneau It’s a gorgeous watery paradise with three harbours fishing boats and everything else you’d imagine Dupin is holding down the police fort since most of his colleagues are gone for the holiday But all is upset when a local doctor is killed pushed to his death from the top floor of L’amiral Dupin is alone in the investigation with only a pair of new recruits for assistance I love The Great British Baking Show and its Canadian cousin I’ve seen every episode more than once and cheered when my pick got Best Baker a debut novel set on a ritzy estate in the Vermont woods where a group of home cooks descend to vie to be the best we have a group of disparate souls chosen to meet the needs of the audience the billionaire tech wizard and the woman who’s only been cooking for a year The judge and show creator is Betsy Martin owner of luxurious Grafton Manor where the action takes place over a week Betsy is the adored queen of cooking but her crew thinks she needs a bit of a pick-me-up so after 10 years they’ve saddled her with a co-host The Golden Spoon is a classic little whodunit by a writer of real talent keeping the action seen only by one player at a time and filling in essential but not obtrusive character development If you haven’t already discovered Megan Miranda (All the Missing Girls She’s at her best with plots that twist like pretzels with old mysteries and current dead bodies The current setting is the Outer Banks of North Carolina but it all began in a Tennessee ravine 10 years ago Two vans carrying students and teachers on a school trip crashed leaving multiple people dead; 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