The Missing Corpse (The Fourth Case for Commissaire Dupin)

  • Over 5.5 million copies of the bestselling series sold
  • Translated into 17 languages
  • Complete English translations of the first eight titles available

"Delicious Brittany mysteries... If this isn't heaven, it's close enough." ―The New York Times

Along the picturesque Belon River, home of the world famous oyster beds, between steep cliffs, ominous forests and the Atlantic Ocean, a stubborn elderly film actress discovers a corpse. By the time Commissaire Dupin arrives at the scene, the body has disappeared. A little while later, he receives a phone call from the mystical hills of Monts d'Arree, where legends of fairies and the devil abound: another unidentified body has turned up. Dupin quickly realizes this may be his most difficult and confounding case yet, with links to celtic myths, a sand theft operation, and mysterious ancient druid cults.

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  • Publisher: KiWi-Taschenbuch
  • Release: 13.10.2016
  • 384 pages
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-04927-5
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Véronique Brod

Jean-Luc Bannalec

Jean-Luc Bannalec is the pen name of Jörg Bong. His crime series featuring Inspector Dupin has been adapted for television and translated into numerous languages. In 2016, the author received the title “Mécène de Bretagne” from the region of Brittany. Since 2018, he has been an honorary member of the Académie littéraire de Bretagne. He recently received the HomBuch book fair award for Franco-German relations.

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