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.
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
"Bellairs works in a comic tradition that extends from Ben Jonson... Each character has a particular trait exaggerated to the point of obsession or caricature." - Susan B. MacDougall
Genre: Mystery
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.
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
"Bellairs works in a comic tradition that extends from Ben Jonson... Each character has a particular trait exaggerated to the point of obsession or caricature." - Susan B. MacDougall
Genre: Mystery
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Used availability for George Bellairs's Death in High Provence
Hardback Editions
August 1991 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
September 2016 : UK Paperback
Kindle Editions
May 2016 : USA, Canada, UK Kindle edition