Synopses & Reviews
When the body of a Scotsman turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train at the Gare du Nord, Parisian detective Roland Desfeuillères finds himself in charge of a murder investigation. This inter-city tale of changing identities is no ordinary crime novel.
Synopsis
A body turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train in Paris. A murder investigation follows.
Synopsis
An inter-city tale of changing identities that makes for no ordinary crime novel.
'Gilles P tel unfurls the twists and turns of his deceptively simple tale with unwavering mastery' Livres Hebdo
When the body of a Scotsman turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train at the Gare du Nord, Parisian detective Roland Desfeuill res finds himself in charge of a murder investigation. Roland decides to travel to London -and not just in order to progress the inquiry. It's also a chance to escape his troubled marriage. Arriving in a city gripped by the financial crisis, Roland immerses himself in the victim's hedonistic lifestyle, as he searches for the motive behind the crime. But the longer he walks in the dead man's shoes, the more Roland discovers about himself...
About the Author
Gilles Pétel was born and raised in Dunkirk. After studying philosophy at the Université de Nice, he spent several years abroad teaching. In 1996 his first novel, Le Métier dans le sang, was published by Fayard. This was followed by other novels, Le Mur de Broadway (Fayard, 1998), Le Recensement (Stock, 2000) and La Déposition (Stock, 2002), as well as short stories, and a play Le Monologue de la femme ivre de bonheur staged by the artists group Lilas en scène” in December 2009. Under the Channel will be published by Gallic Books in March 2015.
Emily Boyce is in-house translator for Gallic Books. She lives in London.