MURDER AND ROMANCE ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA! Excerpt: 'She had an urge to spit in his eye, grab him by the neck and thrust a knife deep into his throat .....It would have been so easy but she had to keep to the plan. He had betrayed both his office and his nation and had caused suffering to thousands. In addition, he had made a fool of her and she certainly didn't like that. Mike Trant's widow would have a lifetime to ponder on what might have been but she only had seconds to seal his killer's fate."When Detective Chief Inspector Bernie Bisto discovers a 'stiff' going solo down the River Thames in London's East End, he is drawn into the murky depths of espionage and murder. Hermione Hush, paramour and secret agent, is kidnapped and having been deviously poached by M16, Bisto becomes obsessed with rescuing her from the clutches of the Mafia. His efforts are questionably enhanced by the appearance of an unlikely hero in the form of Digo the guard dog and this leads the reader into an adventure full of of canine comedy and unexpected twists and turns. Joined by his accidental cycling companion Pierre Velo and junior detective Jack Somers, on a riotous and rib-tickling journey down to the South of France, Bisto finds himself risking his life in a world of double dealing, mystery and intrigue. The elegance of the Cote d'Azur in the roaring twenties provides a backdrop of glamour, greed and excitement to the second in the series of Bernie Bisto Murder Mystery novels.
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