Sabine

By Nicolas Freeling

Book Overview

In France, a police detective hunts for an elusive killer in this novel by an award-winning author who "writes like no one else" (Los Angeles Times).

In the tiny French town of Soulay, Inspector Henri Castang is dealing with a brutal robbery, a drugged teenager, and the sad delusions of a nervous old lady. But when a violent death suggests a mysterious connection to recent events in Paris Castang must untangle a mix of spiteful small-town gossip and big-city crime.

This lively mystery comes from a winner of the Edgar and Gold Dagger Awards-"the most eccentric, the most idiosyncratic and the most European of crime writers" (Anita Brookner).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1504092244
• ISBN13: 9781504092241
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Top rate Freeling

Castang meets Sabine Arthur when she comes to share her concern that something is wrong in her household. Sabine is an elderly widow who means well, but manages to be abrasive to everyone she meets. This talent has put her at odd with her son, and Sabine is afraid. Castang believes that she has something to be afraid of, but there isn't anything the police can do for her, since nothing had yet happened.Her death finally allows Castang to take action, as her case becomes his first fully-fledged homicide inquiry. One of the things that Freeling does best is explore the uncertainties and games that underlie middle-class European life. His look at the tiny French town of Soulay is a masterful example of this talent. One of the best Castang books (although I still prefer the Van Der Valk series).