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Kommissar Leblanc #1
Kein Tag für Jakobsmuscheln: Kriminalroman (Kommissar Leblanc ermittelt 1)
Spurensuche statt Gourmetmenü: Ein Toter versalzt Kommissar Leblanc den Fisch.
Der charmante Kommissar Jacques Leblanc hat sich von Paris in die Normandie versetzen lassen, um der brutalen Großstadtkriminalität zu entkommen. In Deauville-Trouville ist das Leben beschaulicher, und er kann seinen Leidenschaften nachgehen, dem Essen und den Frauen. Aber dann findet seine frühere Geliebte Marie einen Toten am Strand, und vorbei ist es mit dem süßen Leben. Während Leblanc einer vielversprechenden Spur nachgeht, lässt sich Marie auf das Schloss des Adligen und skrupellosen Fischindustriellen Montfort-Risle einladen – und das setzt dem Kommissar nicht nur aus beruflichen Gründen zu ...
Der charmante Kommissar Jacques Leblanc hat sich von Paris in die Normandie versetzen lassen, um der brutalen Großstadtkriminalität zu entkommen. In Deauville-Trouville ist das Leben beschaulicher, und er kann seinen Leidenschaften nachgehen, dem Essen und den Frauen. Aber dann findet seine frühere Geliebte Marie einen Toten am Strand, und vorbei ist es mit dem süßen Leben. Während Leblanc einer vielversprechenden Spur nachgeht, lässt sich Marie auf das Schloss des Adligen und skrupellosen Fischindustriellen Montfort-Risle einladen – und das setzt dem Kommissar nicht nur aus beruflichen Gründen zu ...
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257 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 16, 2015
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March 13, 2019
This is the first book of the Commissaire Leblanc series. It plays on the Norman coast in the resort of Deauville-Trouville. One could call this book a cozy mystery. It is a simple act and even if there are dead, it is not bloodthirsty. Of course, the romance must not be missing and the very good food let me run the water in my mouth.
A woman who used to live in Paris, and from that time knows Commissaire Leblanc, since he was her lover, finds a dead man on her morning walk. This is how the paths between her and Leblanc inevitably intersect. Who is the dead man? Everyone knows him as a day labourer, who on the one hand seeks employment from the fishermen and, on the other hand, is an active member of the voluntary fire brigade. It is incomprehensible to everyone that he had to die. The author also brings up the subject of overfishing in this story.
Commissaire Leblanc loves the women and the food. Through a trauma he can not sleep alone in the night and therefore always finds in his address book a woman.
(3½ stars)
A woman who used to live in Paris, and from that time knows Commissaire Leblanc, since he was her lover, finds a dead man on her morning walk. This is how the paths between her and Leblanc inevitably intersect. Who is the dead man? Everyone knows him as a day labourer, who on the one hand seeks employment from the fishermen and, on the other hand, is an active member of the voluntary fire brigade. It is incomprehensible to everyone that he had to die. The author also brings up the subject of overfishing in this story.
Commissaire Leblanc loves the women and the food. Through a trauma he can not sleep alone in the night and therefore always finds in his address book a woman.
(3½ stars)
July 8, 2016
Zwar werden thematisch die Überfischung der Meere und die daraus resultierenden Probleme gestreift, aber ansonsten hat der Fall wenig Spannung, wirkt etwas versnobt und war so gar nicht mein Ding.
January 22, 2017
2 Todesfälle in kurzer Reihenfolge beschäftigen den ehemaligen Pariser Kommissar Leblanc, der nun in Deauville in der Normandie ermittelt.
Leider hat mich weder der Fall (Brandstiftung und ein toter Fischmagnat/Überfischung der Meere), noch der Ermittler, sowie das Setting in der Normandie wirklich überzeugt. Alles hat mir zu wenig Tiefe und es packt einen leider nicht so, wie das andere französisch-deutsche Regionalkrimis tun.
Leider hat mich weder der Fall (Brandstiftung und ein toter Fischmagnat/Überfischung der Meere), noch der Ermittler, sowie das Setting in der Normandie wirklich überzeugt. Alles hat mir zu wenig Tiefe und es packt einen leider nicht so, wie das andere französisch-deutsche Regionalkrimis tun.
October 28, 2023
I always want to be sure to leave a positive review when a book was delightful, but other reviewers didn’t like it. This was the case here!
I love a good cosy crime, and I felt this book was right on point. The main character is Kommissar Leblanc, a charming man who works as a police officer in the small town(s) of Deauville-Trouville, in Normandy, France. The story moves along at a pleasant pace, and the story itself is interesting but not too gruesome.
The book begins with a local man’s body washing up on the shore, found by a woman named Marie while walking her dog. Marie runs a small bed and breakfast out of her house, now that her children have grown up and moved out. Marie was romantically involved with Kommissar Leblanc for a time.
The actual case involves a man whose body washed up on the shore who, the autopsy reveals, did not die of drowning, but rather seems to have died from a wound to the the back of the head. It could be an accidental death, but Leblanc is not willing to draw that conclusion without investigating first.
The town Mayor is also up in a tizzy about locals planning to demonstrate to raise awareness of overfishing practices. The mayor wants any demonstrations hushed up and prefers the tourist dollars to flow freely.
I won‘t detail the events of every single chapter, but will say that thought this book was well worth reading. The main character, Jacques Leblanc, is charming and likeable without being flat, and this carried the book. It is a book about Normandy, about an investigation, but the reader bonds with Leblanc himself.
My only complaint is that only the first two of the total five Kommissar Leblanc books, are available in audiobook form.
I want to mention that it’s also important to me that a book is never heavy handed or preachy, and Kommissar Leblanc’s love of traditional French food gives a certain balance to the environmentalist view. Leblanc is somewhat reluctant to see any ugly underbelly of the fishing industry, and the environmentalist view is really not shoved down the reader’s throat either, thank goodness.
There is another thing about this book that made me trust the author: I’ve found that in many modern books, there is an unspoken rule that whenever there is a character with some type of disability or some type of minority status, the reader can immediately rule out that person as the murderer.
(Presumably, an author in 2023 would not dare to write a story where the refugee is the rapist, or the school teacher with multiple sclerosis was the one embezzling money.)
But in this book, you cannot rule out a character that way — this author is willing to go there, which makes for better stories that aren’t overly censored (I’m talking about the second body that shows up.)
This is a German language book, and although my review is in English, no English translation is available.
I love a good cosy crime, and I felt this book was right on point. The main character is Kommissar Leblanc, a charming man who works as a police officer in the small town(s) of Deauville-Trouville, in Normandy, France. The story moves along at a pleasant pace, and the story itself is interesting but not too gruesome.
The book begins with a local man’s body washing up on the shore, found by a woman named Marie while walking her dog. Marie runs a small bed and breakfast out of her house, now that her children have grown up and moved out. Marie was romantically involved with Kommissar Leblanc for a time.
The actual case involves a man whose body washed up on the shore who, the autopsy reveals, did not die of drowning, but rather seems to have died from a wound to the the back of the head. It could be an accidental death, but Leblanc is not willing to draw that conclusion without investigating first.
The town Mayor is also up in a tizzy about locals planning to demonstrate to raise awareness of overfishing practices. The mayor wants any demonstrations hushed up and prefers the tourist dollars to flow freely.
I won‘t detail the events of every single chapter, but will say that thought this book was well worth reading. The main character, Jacques Leblanc, is charming and likeable without being flat, and this carried the book. It is a book about Normandy, about an investigation, but the reader bonds with Leblanc himself.
My only complaint is that only the first two of the total five Kommissar Leblanc books, are available in audiobook form.
I want to mention that it’s also important to me that a book is never heavy handed or preachy, and Kommissar Leblanc’s love of traditional French food gives a certain balance to the environmentalist view. Leblanc is somewhat reluctant to see any ugly underbelly of the fishing industry, and the environmentalist view is really not shoved down the reader’s throat either, thank goodness.
There is another thing about this book that made me trust the author: I’ve found that in many modern books, there is an unspoken rule that whenever there is a character with some type of disability or some type of minority status, the reader can immediately rule out that person as the murderer.
(Presumably, an author in 2023 would not dare to write a story where the refugee is the rapist, or the school teacher with multiple sclerosis was the one embezzling money.)
But in this book, you cannot rule out a character that way — this author is willing to go there, which makes for better stories that aren’t overly censored (I’m talking about the second body that shows up.)
This is a German language book, and although my review is in English, no English translation is available.
November 13, 2017
2 stars.
When i discovered it at the library i was happy since its another classic crime set in france. unfortunately the book just isnt that good. it feels like the author wanted to hop onto the trend, but couldnt live up to it. it just isnt as compelling.
i cant recommend it. it could be that ill read the next book, but then its only because i get fooled again (discover it at the library, cant remember the first book, but its classic crime set in france).
When i discovered it at the library i was happy since its another classic crime set in france. unfortunately the book just isnt that good. it feels like the author wanted to hop onto the trend, but couldnt live up to it. it just isnt as compelling.
i cant recommend it. it could be that ill read the next book, but then its only because i get fooled again (discover it at the library, cant remember the first book, but its classic crime set in france).
January 12, 2026
140 Seiten plätschert es dahin, dann wird es ein wenig interessanter. Positiv ist das Lokalkolorit.
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