{"product_id":"the-messengers-of-death-9780099470199","title":"The Messengers of Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a sleepy Provencal village, retired postman Emile Pencenat is busy digging his own grave when he spots an unstamped letter in the cemetery''s disused postbox, addressed to a Madamoiselle Champourcieux. He dutifully posts the letter. When the body of this same Madamoiselle is later discovered - pinned to her piano with an ancient bayonet - Commissaire Laviolette is coaxed out of retirement to solve one of the most bizarre crimes imaginable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA unique and disturbing summer read... Pierre Magnan is a complete original * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe author has developed a cunning sleight-of-hand in thrusting a key clue under the reader's nose, yet disguising it. Veteran reader of crime fiction though I am, I didn't guess correctly. But the atmosphere is most to be relished. The lavishly complicated plot unfolds among spine-tingling descriptions of remote Provence -- Jane Jakeman * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eFrom real to surreal...This quirky story of avarice and vengeance in rural France unfolds with all the charm of a slightly puzzling art house french movie -- Carla McKay * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eCrime fiction for those with a soul and a dark sense of humour * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eMagnan chronicles the hidden passions seething below the apparently idyllic surface of rural life [in a style] closer to Flaubert than Midsomer Murders * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151074226519,"sku":"9780099470199","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-messengers-of-death-9780099470199","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}