Death in the Truffle Wood: A Mystery in Provence: 1 (Commissaire Laviolette Mystery 1)

Long a renowned crime writer in France Pierre Magnan has won numerous prizes and has a huge popular following in his native country. Now with this mouthwatering series debut Magnan introduces the celebrated Commissaire Laviolette to U.S. readers.. In a small peaceful village in Provence the principal source of income is the cultivation and sale of truffes. When Commissaire Laviolette arrives to investigate why several of the towns citizens are missing it isnt long before their bodies turn up. It takes all of the detectives ingenuity to unravel crimes whose origins are as old as the truffe woods.