Captain Roger Blanc, an investigator with the anti-corruption-unit of the French Gendarmerie, was a bit too successful in his investigations. He finds himself removed from Paris to the south of France, far away from political power. Or, so it would seem.
The stress is too much for his marriage, and he attempts to manage the break up while trying to settle into his new life in Provence in a 200-year-old, half-ruined house. At the same time, Blanc is tasked with his first murder case: A man with no friends and a lot of enemies, an outsider, was found shot and burned. When a second man dies under suspicious circumstances in the quaint French countryside, the Capitaine from Paris has to dig deep into the hidden, dark undersides of the Provence he never expected to see.
"Capitaine Roger Blanc of the French Gendarmerie travels unwillingly from Paris to Southern France to unspool a cunning plot in Cay Rademacher's MURDEROUS MISTRAL. But the reader of this captivating novel will be happy to go with Blanc, for Rademacher has crafted a well-written tale of believable characters, lush scenery, and mouth-watering cuisine to help transport a mesmerized audience to the Pr
G.M. Malliet, award-winning author of the St. Just and Max Tudor mysteries
