Rating: 4/5
Review:
Well written and enjoyable
I enjoyed Death Set To Music. Written in 1979, this is the first of
the Inspector Pel series (and the first that I have read); it is a
decent police procedural with some amusing aspects which is very well
written.
Pel is an Inspector
in the French Police, based in Burgundy. He is a grumpy, rather
misanthropic hypochondriac, but a very good detective. Here he and
his team investigate the gruesome murder of a fairly wealthy woman
and the story unfolds slowly (rather too slowly at times) as Pel’s
well-drawn officers diligently pursue leads. It can drag a bit, but
it isn’t too long, it was well written and had enough humour to
keep me interested. The denouement was a little contrived but it
didn’t spoil the book and I found the whole thing an enjoyable
read.
I can’t say that
this is a classic, but it’s certainly good enough for me to read
more of Inspector Pel and I can recommend it.
(My thanks to
Farrago for an ARC via NetGalley.)
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