Anglický jazyk

Witness from the Caf

Vydavateľstvo: iUniverse
Rok vydania: 2010
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781450223997

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O knihe

The Café du Coin, with its view of the
back of Notre-Dame, was teeming with police. Table No. 5 was
still in shock. Jean-Michel Jolivet had seldom seen so many
sad faces. Twelve in all, one of them dead, face down in his
croissant. The retired inspector's bride of three weeks was
sitting directly across from the deceased, General Sébastien
Reboursier; Amy had quickly forgotten about her articles on
cafés, cups, and salt and was now wondering how this could
have happened with all of them at the same table. Witnesses
and the police agreed that the manner of death was by
poisoning. But why? The general had been primarily a desk
general and had taught military history at Saint-Cyr. He was
well liked and had no known enemies. Perhaps it was all a
mistake. Maybe he wasn't the real target after all. Could it
be a random poisoning by a deranged person with a grudge
against society? Could the intended victim be someone else
at the table? Wasn't one of them a former spy? Indeed, why
were there so many retired spies on the Ile Saint-Louis? Why
did the Ile provide them with a safe haven? With the help
of Amy and colleagues, Jean-Michel finds out exactly what it
is former spies do in retirement, if in fact they are
retired, but neither Jean-Michel nor Amy could imagine what
lay ahead.