Jacquot and the Waterman

Jacquot and the Waterman

by Martin O ' Brien (Author)

Synopsis

Set in the South of France, the first in the Jacquot series, Jacquot And The Waterman, follows Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot's investigation into a series of disturbing killings, where the female victims are always left submerged in water. Ex-French National Rugby Squad player Jacquot is a lover of blues, good food and wine, and disconsalate after his girlfriend leaves him, plunges himself into the investigation whole-heartedly. A wonderful book for the francophile, it is highly atmospheric, and full of warmth and wit.

$21.01

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Published: 07 Feb 2005

ISBN 10: 0755322886
ISBN 13: 9780755322886

Author Bio
The only child of a headmistress and a naval officer, Martin O'Brien was educated at the Oratory School and Hertford College Oxford. He started his career as a copy-sub, going on to become Travel Editor of Vogue. Having travelled all over the world in some style, he left Vogue to write All The Girls - a traveller's tales of hookers and whorehouses around the world ('I must have been mad - but it was fun') and then began writing travel/lifestyle features for US publications. He left journalism for a few years to co-write screenplays and start a film production company. After 20 years of living in London, Martin, his wife and two daughters moved to the countryside, where he started to write the Jacquot books...