About this item
Private investigator Patrick de Courvoisier unearths a shocking wartime secret in this stylish Cannes-based mystery series.Brother Robert from the abbey on St Honorat, a picturesque island off the French coast, has requested Patrick de Courvoisier's help in locating a valuable painting which has disappeared from the monastery's vaults.At the same time, an old enemy from Patrick's past has arrived in Cannes in search of a different stolen painting. As it becomes increasingly clear that the two investigations are linked, Patrick's enquiries lead him to uncover a shocking wartime secret: a secret the British Royal family would prefer to keep hidden ...
About the Author
Lin Anderson is best known as the creator of the forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod series of crime thriller novels, and for her part in founding the annual 'Bloody Scotland' crime writing festival.
Lin's Rhona MacLeod novel 'Paths of the Dead' was shortlisted for the 2015 Scottish Crime Book of the Year, and the 10th novel in the series 'The Special Dead' was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2016.
There are 12 novels and one novella in Lin Anderson's Forensic Scientist Rhona MacLeod Series:-
Book 1 - Driftnet
Book 2 - Torch
Book 3 - Deadly Code
Book 4 - Dark Flight
Book 5 - Easy Kill
Book 6 - Final Cut
Book 7 - The Reborn
Book 8 - Picture Her Dead
Book 9 - Paths of the Dead
Book 10 - The Special Dead
Book 11 - None but the Dead
Book 12 - Follow the Dead (August 2017)
Novella (prequel to Driftnet) - Blood Red Roses
Lin has a second mystery thriller series featuring private investigator Patrick de Courvoisier, set in glamorous Cannes (think 'The Rockford Files' meets James Bond) :-
Book 1 - The Case of the Black Pearl
Book 2 - The Case of the Missing Madonna
