Moore Ian

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Moore Ian: Luminaria [CD]

<strong>'An engrossing, slickly plotted policier that will leave you wanting more' TOM BENJAMIN, author of the Daniel Leicester mysteries</strong> <br/><br/><strong>A HEADLESS MAN. A MISSING GIRL. A LIFE RULED BY SECRETS.</strong> <br/><br/>When a decapitated body washes up on the banks of the River Loire in the ancient city of Tours, the reluctant <em>juge d'instruction </em>Matthieu Lombard is brought in to lead the investigation. <br/><br/>But when Lombard's young niece appears, the inquiry changes course. Suddenly immersed in another world - one of eco-terrorism, bio-medical research, French aristocracy and the violent forgotten underbelly of society - Lombard begins to make unexpected connections. <br/><br/>Can the brutal murder of a lonely man really be justified by a noble cause? Or are good intentions hiding darker motives, more cynical and more deadly? <br/><br/><strong>The second book in the gripping new crime series from <em>The Times</em>-bestselling author of <em>Death and Croissants</em></strong>

Saint-Sauver, home to Richard Ainsworth and Valerie d'Orcay's detective agency, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its town twinning with Anglethorp Spa in Lincolnshire. <br/><br/>Events are planned, a huge <em>brocante</em>, street parties and the centrepiece, an exhibition <em>boules</em> tournament between the two towns and a team of international <em>boules</em> all-stars. Everything is going well, the sun shines, the wine flows and the <em>entente</em> is very <em>cordiale</em>. <br/><br/>Until the mayor turns up dead in an antique dresser having apparently been killed twice. Inevitably Richard and Valerie have very different views on the subject and engage in their own battle: who will solve the crime first?

On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about. <br/><br/>Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame Tablier, is accused of murder. Even more surprisingly, it's the murder of a former fiance, turned brother-in-law. None of which the stubborn old woman denies. <br/><br/>Valerie d'Orcay is having none of it and their investigation leads them to a strange tourist garden village, where backbiting, recriminations and even former colleagues provide a deadly scenario more tangled than knotweed.

<strong>AN IMMORTAL FOUND DEAD</strong><br/> <strong>AN ANCIENT LEGACY AT RISK</strong> <br/><br/>In the hallowed city of Tours, the death of a sixteen-year-old dressed as an 'Immortal Knight' appears to be a tragic overdose. <em>Juge d'instruction</em> Matthieu Lombard is called in to investigate. <br/><br/>When, weeks later, a provocative author is found brutally murdered, Lombard suspects the two deaths are connected by a sinister, coercive force. As he digs deeper, the case begins to challenge his loyalties and unearth disturbing echoes from his own past. What started as apparent roleplay turns into something far darker - and far deadlier. <br/><br/>The third book in the gripping crime series from the <em>The Times</em>-bestselling author.