The Killing Tide (The Fifth Case for Commissaire Dupin)

  • Over 5.5 million copies of the bestselling series sold
  • Translated into 17 languages
  • Complete English translations of the first eight titles available

Deep sea fishers, dolphin researchers, smugglers, and an island shrouded in myth in the middle of the rough Atlantic ocean: Commissaire Dupin had sworn he would never again investigate on the ocean, but his fifth case takes him offshore, off the west coast of Brittany on a beautifully sunny day in June. He lands on the unique Île de Sein, populated by more rabbits than people, where the hairdresser arrives by boat and which was formerly inhabited by powerful witches and even the devil himself. In front of this impressive backdrop—between the islands of Molène, Ouessant, and the bay of Douarnenez—Dupin and his team follow a puzzling case that pushes them to their very limits.

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  • Publisher: KiWi-Taschenbuch
  • Release: 08.03.2018
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-05065-3
  • 448 Pages
  • Series: Kommissar Dupin ermittelt
  • Author: Jean-Luc Bannalec
The Killing Tide  (The Fifth Case for Commissaire Dupin)
Jean-Luc Bannalec The Killing Tide (The Fifth Case for Commissaire Dupin)
Stefan Gelberg
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Jean-Luc Bannalec

Jean-Luc Bannalec is the pen name of Jörg Bong. His crime series featuring Inspector Dupin has been adapted for television and translated into numerous languages. In 2016, the author received the title “Mécène de Bretagne” from the region of Brittany. Since 2018, he has been an honorary member of the Académie littéraire de Bretagne. He recently received the HomBuch book fair award for Franco-German relations.