Catherine Simon is a journalist and the author of several books. After a few years in Italy she now lives in Southern Germany and in Normandy. Catherine Simon is a pseudonym.
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FALSCHE AUSTERN |
FAKE OYSTERS Albert Barat, the Director of the Art Gallery in Honfleur, Normandy, sets off for a sailing trip. He needs some distraction from the discovery that one of the key paintings in his museum, Still Life With Oysters and Lemon, is a fake. And someone is observing him. When he steps on his boat, a deadly shot rings out. Inspector Leblanc accepts the case, though he is slightly distracted by a bad case of lovesickness. With almost fatal consequences... |
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BITTERER CALVADOS Mystery |
BITTER CALVADOS It is spring in Deauville. Bestselling author Jean-Paul Picard is honouring the town's fifth "Murder at the Seashore" crime festival, the evening is a sell-out. But the next morning Picard is found dead in his hotel suite. The last thing he drank the night before was a Calvados - poisoned, it turns out. Inspector Leblanc questions resentful authors, greedy publishers and female fans with lots to hide... |
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WINTERGÄSTE IN TROUVILLE
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WINTER GUESTS IN TROUVILLE Unhappy about the cold snow season, inspector Leblanc is called to a case: In the "Hotel des Roches Noires" the body of Bernadette Latour, a Parisian journalist, mistress of the aged as rich Monsieur Adler, has been found. Was the victim out for her lovers money and thus in the way of his heirs? Or was she uncovering a scandal? Inspector Leblancs investigation leads him to family tensions, to a beauty clinic in Trouville and to a dubious stranger, somehow connected with Leblancs former mistress Marie. |
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KEIN TAG FÜR JAKOBSMUSCHELN
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NOT A GOOD DAY FOR SCALLOPS Detective Jacques Leblanc got himself redeployed from Paris to Trouville in Normandy, but the case he is facing spoils his appetite for the crustaceans he adores. Meanwhile, his ex-lover Marie is invited to the castle of the dubious aristocrat and fish trader Montfort-Risle, which nags Leblanc for more reason than one... |