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Aber die eigentliche bretonische Stimmung kam gar nicht wirklich durch. Wie auch andere Kritiker anmerkten, ist von grantelnden, abweisenden Bretonen wie sie im Buch vorwiegend beschrieben werden, in der Wirklichkeit nicht viel zu sehen.
Da ist es wohl kein Wunder, dass auch Dupin nie Lust hatte mit seinem Boss zu reden Ich konnte auch nie wirklich mit dem Protagonisten warm werden. Ich konnte aus den Beschreibungen des Autors nie wirklich verstehen, warum er so im Alleingang unterwegs ist - beruflich wie privat. Erst als nach gut Seiten das halbe Buch ist schon durch!!! Der Kunsthintergrund rund um Gauguin und die Schule von Pont Aven war letztlich das einzige, was ich an dem ganzen Buch wirklich interessant finden konnte.
Also vielleicht doch keine Lektor? Der Plot ist ziemlich billig. Also haben alle Mitglieder der zahlreichen Erbengemeinschaft ein offensichtliches Motiv.
Und Mr Dupin selbst? Kein Kommunikator, kein Teamspieler, ein eindimensionaler Unsympath. Interessant sind die Kindle-Markierungen.
Es gibt Familiengeheimnisse und die Bretagne zu entdecken. Wer noch nicht in der Bretagne war, wird es entdecken wollen. Die Leser, die dort schon sein durften werden sich danach sehnen bald wieder hinzufahren. Ich freue mich auf Neuigkeiten von Kommissar Dupin und kenne einige Leute, denen ich das Buch empfehlen werde. Das Cover ist stimmig mit dem Buch und der Einband bzw.
This was a very enjoyable crime story. This could be the perfect book for you particularly if you like france, breautiful small places near the ocean, wine, coffee, art and the better life in general. Or if you like me just want a break from the cold grey February weather. Aug 03, Nicole rated it really liked it. An intriguing mystery with a great setting!
I really enjoyed this, a good start to a mystery series set in Brittany with a strong sense of place. Not grim, but not cosy either. A really excellent new murder mystery. Comissaire Dupin, the hero is a great character and the descriptions of the area are so good I actually visited a few weeks ago and had coffee at his favourite restaurant.
Jul 01, John Lee rated it really liked it. This wasnt what I was expecting at all. When I briefly scanned a review or comment about this book I got totally the wrong idea. I was expecting an ordinary french village policemen similar to Chief Inspector Bruno , the only policeman in St Denis in the Dordogne in the novels by Martin Walker.
Instead I got a sharp Police Commissaire from Brittany who, although a little unorthadox, was a quick witted murder detective. However, the current fashion in the modern police and other work to keep ev This wasnt what I was expecting at all. However, the current fashion in the modern police and other work to keep everyone up to date with regular 'Team' meetings seem to have passed him by. He is very much a loner and keeps his ideas and discoveries very much to himself.
He must be terrible to work for and your heart goes out to his Inspectors. The book itself took some tracking down and none of my usual sources nor any of the three County Libraries that I use had anything by this author. Reading through some of the reviews on 'Goodreads', I see that some have been lucky enough to received their book in a 'Giveaway' and if anyone knows of any copies going of any other translated later books in the series, I would be very pleased to hear from them.
And so , at last, to the book and a most enjoyable read. It is very obvious from the adjectives that the author uses , that he loves the area as much as I do. We were lucky enough to spend some time in the area in and were entranced by beauty of this picturesque village in particular. I would love to return again now, not to view the scene of the crime so much as the bars and the restaurants that Dupin has found in his 3 years there.
Possibly, because of my visit but also, because of the authors abilities, I had no trouble picturing all of the locations in my minds eye and the characters were all made real by his penwork. Of course not and neither did I identify the killer. Perhaps I was too busy reliving the sights , sounds and food of this beautiful corner of France. Feb 17, Christine Zibas rated it really liked it. There's something to be said about writing that is so wonderfully descriptive that it can transport its readers to a place they may never have visited before.
Such is the case with "Death in Brittany," the first in a series featuring a caffeine-driven, food-loving Commissaire Georges Dupin, a Parisian transplant who's been living and working cases in Brittany for three years and will forever be considered an outsider. Dupin has unusual investigative methods, but in the end, they get their crimina There's something to be said about writing that is so wonderfully descriptive that it can transport its readers to a place they may never have visited before.
Dupin has unusual investigative methods, but in the end, they get their criminal s. The story unfolds when a year-old hotelier is found dead in his family establishment, the victim of murder. Just who would want to kill this beloved man and pillar of the community? No one can imagine a perpetrator or discern any notable change in the pattern of the hotelier's most recent behavior. However, not surprisingly, not everyone in the closed community of Pont-Aven is willing to spill the secrets of the hotel nor its family dynasty.
Yet, there's an urgency to solve the crime, as tourist season is about to get under way in this seaside community, where Parisians flock for vacation, following in the footsteps of the 19th century artists of the Pont-Aven School of Art, a group that featured such luminaries as Gaugin. Among the possible suspects are the man's son and daughter-in-law, the local museum head and a Parisian museum curator, the man's estranged half-brother an up and coming politician , and various other hotel staff members, friends, and contacts.
In other words, everyone and no one.
With a new threat to her life, he will risk everything to protect her. In other words, everyone and no one. Around the middle the plots gets a bit more interesting, but there is a distinct lack of suspense. It is the body of a year old hotelier, brutally stabbed. Not sure why this became a bestseller in Germany. Kein Kommunikator, kein Teamspieler, ein eindimensionaler Unsympath.
When a thief breaks into the crime scene at the hotel after the hotelier has been murdered, it's clear that there's more to the story than meets the eye. Author Jean-Luc Bannalec the pseudonym for a German writer keeps readers guessing about the perpetrator, especially when a second body is found just days after the initial murder.
The ever-changing list of suspects may alter as readers make their way through this novel and rush to the end. However, some of the most enjoyable aspects of the mystery are descriptions of local sites, history, and atmosphere, and the book is best enjoyed if readers can pace themselves as they learn to stop and smell the sea air along the way.
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Es wird auch schon bald deutlich, warum er zwangsversetzt wurde: Seine Ermittlungsmethoden sind eher unorthodox-egoistisch, er arbeitet schlecht im Team und ignoriert seine Vorgesetzten. Er ist zwar spleenig und auf seine Weise genial genug, um - naheliegend - an Maigret zu erinnern, seine teils nahezu asoziale Art, mit seinen Kollegen umzugehen, war allerdings nicht sonderlich sympathisch, auch wenn man seinen Ermittlern ja bereit ist, vieles zu vergeben.
Der zweite Band wird vermutlich zeigen, wie es damit weitergeht. Apr 29, Ronald Roseborough rated it really liked it Shelves: French Police Commissaire George Dupin finds himself in charge of a murder investigation in the village of Pont-Aven located in the picturesque provence of Brittany. Being a native Parisian himself, he still feels out of place among the Bretons, their old Celtic traditions, and their suspicious attitude towards outsiders.
A local hotelier, Pierre-Louis Pennec,93 years old and well respected, has been stabbed to death in his own hotel. None of the locals has a clue who would do this or why. At least no one in this close knit village is admitting to anything. Why would any of these people kill a 93 year old man who was the scion of a well respected family in this community in the heart of a picturesque countryside immortalized in the art of Paul Gauguin. The plot is good, the location has an exotic flavor. The only drawback is in the syntax. It occasionally reads like my old French grammar book, very formal and often overly repetitive.
Book provided for review by Amazon vine. May 02, Clare O'Beara rated it really liked it Shelves: Brittany and Pont-Aven are the main settings for this police procedural. If you are allergic to French names, tread with care.
At the start of tourist season in the coastal town, the police detective Dupin who is enjoying the contrast with Paris, is summoned to inspect the scene of a murder. A prominent businessman has been found dead - of course, nobody had any grudge against him, and the rest. We see a lot of the historic and attractive setting as Dupin investigates. For instance, the Bretons Brittany and Pont-Aven are the main settings for this police procedural.
For instance, the Bretons have still suspicions of the French, having only been annexed for five hundred years. And they enjoy butter, not olive oil. What we don't get is much sense of Dupin other than as a cipher, a foil for the characters featured in the investigation.
Dupin tells us that he was posted here for opening his mouth without thought; he muses that he has no tawdry past and failed marriages to make him notable. We do find that he enjoys looking at penguins in the nearest sea aquarium. This is a detailed mystery involving personal relationships, hotel ownership, renovations, art history, landscape and local foods. Those who get particularly into the theme will probably enjoy it more than I did, and if the diligent Dupin had come across as more of a personality I'd have given it top rating.
Some strong language features, mostly spoken by Dupin. I was sent an ARC for an unbiased review. View all 3 comments. Feb 17, Pam Mertens rated it really liked it. I liked the story; it held my interest to the end. The murderer was not who I thought it would be, given all the possibilities. And the descriptions of Brittany made me want to add that area of France to my travel list. I'm looking forward to reading more of Commissaire Dupin.
Feb 23, Corinne Sanchez rated it really liked it. Je me suis prise d'affection pour ce commissaire Dupin qui aime les promenades au bord de l'eau. Sep 04, Claire rated it really liked it. Ready to pack my bags for a trip to Brittany. Nicely convoluted plot and good atmosphere and description. Looking forward to more in the series. Commissioner Dupin is called from his base in Concarneau to the nearby village of Pont-Aven to investigate the murder of 91 year old hotelier, Pierre-Louis Pennec found dead in his hotel dining room.
There are plenty of suspects but no apparent motive or forensic clues so it is up to Dupin to work it out with the help of his assistants, Inspectors Labat and Le Ber. Death in Pont-Aven is a leisurely stroll through South Brittany with a little crime thrown in for good measure. Very much in the styl Commissioner Dupin is called from his base in Concarneau to the nearby village of Pont-Aven to investigate the murder of 91 year old hotelier, Pierre-Louis Pennec found dead in his hotel dining room. Very much in the style of Martin Walker's Bruno the location and the food have starring roles.
Rarely have I read such good descriptions of the location and I felt that I could picture it all from the changeable weather to the winding roads and hoards of tourists. I also liked the snippets of history and culture given to Dupin, which as an incomer, the natives do not expect him to know. It all makes for an evocative, atmospheric read. Dupin is an interesting character. Transferred or could it be banished to Finisterre from the latin finis terra meaning end of the world, a nice conceit for one too many insults to his superiors in Paris he has come to love Concarneau but is well aware that he will always be "new".
He has learned to curb his tongue but not his dislike of the politics of the job or the politicians involved so there are some amusing exchanges between him and various functionaries. He is not much more forthcoming with Labat and Le Ber whom he expects to follow his instructions blindly with no understanding of why. He is a lone wolf working in a team. The plot is the fairly straightforward hunt for a killer, hampered by the secrets kept by Pennec's friends and family. It is linear with no hints about the killer until the end.
I didn't guess who it was but I'm not sure anyone could as much of the motive does not appear until the second half of the novel. Having said this I think the plot is the weakest part of the novel. I really enjoyed Death in Pont-Aven, more for the atmosphere and characterisation than the crime aspect, so I have no hesitation in recommending as a good read.