The Provence Puzzle Author:Vincent McConnor South of Arles, the charming French village of Courville drowses in the hot Provencal sunshine, then sleeps under starry skies while a killer slits the throats of pretty girls. The local gendarmerie is baffled. The townspeople are frightened. — They believe death walks in the darkness when the bells toll at old Chateau de Mohrt.... more » And the bells are tolling tonight. Chief Inspector Damiot of the Paris Police quietly sips his Calvados and thinks. He is, after all, on vacation...
To suspect someone here of murder would be ungracious, n'est-ce pas? But the good Inspector's appetite for investigation is his most discriminating taste, and his cunning solution to The Provence Puzzle is a sumptuous four-star feast.« less