Pel Among the Pueblos
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Away from his beloved Burgundy, Pel is given a quick course in the history of the French intervention in Mexico during the 1860s. A brief spell among the Pueblos, and a shoot-out under a moonless sky eventually bring him his reward.
Moody, sharp-tongued and worrying constantly about his health, Inspector Pel ensures that no case goes unsolved, in these mordantly witty French mysteries.
Praise for the Inspector Pel Mystery series:โTotally convincing.โ Financial Times
โMr Hebden has created a nice band of flics.โ Oxford Times
โPel and his procedurals are some of the best things since Maigret.โ Observer
โChief Inspector Evariste Clovis Dรฉsirรฉ Pel, as well rounded a character as Maigret or Van der Valk.โ Punch
โImpeccable French ambience, unexaggerated flics, and a well-constructed solution. Hebden proves again that few understand Gallic cops better than English writers!โ The Times
โSome characters grow as their saga lengthens and Pel... is one of them. You might say he is ripening along with the grapes.โ Police Review
โ...written with downbeat humour and some delightful dialogue.โ Financial Times
โ...all is most cunningly contrived and dovetailed into a coherent plot.โ Irish Times
โA thoroughly entertaining read.โ Evening Standard
โThe best Gallic sleuth since Maigret.โ London Mystery Selection
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Mark Hebden, who died in 1991, was one of the pen names of John Harris, author of The Sea Shall Not Have Them and Covenant with Death. He also wrote adventure stories under the name of Max Hennessy.
Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a sailor, an airman, a journalist, a travel courier and a history teacher. During World War II he served with two forces and two navies. Hebden is a master of his genre, and his writing is as timeless as it is versatile and entertaining.
