Le Crime

(Paperback)

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A cross between "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" and "A Year in Provence", this highly acclaimed thriller (published in hardback as "A French Country Murder") is a thoroughly original and completely engaging crime novel of international espionage. When Louis Morgan finds a dead body on the doorstep of his charming little house, he teams up with the local gendarme to solve a murder. Charming and delectable eccentricities a la Francais abound.

Reviews

"A fantastic novel, at once a gripping political thriller, and a complex mystery tale." --David Brooks, author of Bobos in Paradise

"Le Carr and Deighton fans will welcome Steiner's engaging first novel." --Publishers Weekly

"Unforgettable . . . combines elements of Agatha Christie and Robert Ludlum."--Bookreporter.com

"A riveting murder mystery."--France Today

"Steiner sketches such a rich life for his tiny town that he makes you want to get on the next plane."--Chicago Tribune

"A beautiful crime novel."--Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author of Nightlife

"A page-turner--like a good Alan Furst or Graham Greene novel."--The Washingtonian

"Louis Morgon is a marvel."--Olen Steinhauer, author of Victory Square

"Le Crime est superbe."--Jim Fusilli, author of Hard, Hard City

Author Bio

Also known for his cartoons in The New Yorker, Le Crime is Peter Steiner's first novel in the Louis Morgon thriller series, originally published in hardcover under the title A French Country Murder.