Publisher's Synopsis
At the Central Hotel in Pont-Aven, Brittany, 91-year-old manager Pierre-Louis Pennec is found murdered. Police Commissaire George Dupin and his team take on the investigation and narrow the list of suspects down to five people, including a rising political star; a longtime friend of the victim; and a wealthy art historian. Further incidents - first a break-in, then another mysterious death - muddy the waters more. As Commissaire Dupin delves further and further into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and criminality that belies the village's idyllic image.
