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Les enquêtes de l'inspecteur Higgins #30
L'énigme XXL
XXL. Le sigle des grandes tailles, trois chiffres romains… mais aussi un code à déchiffrer et la marque d’un assassin qui sévit à Édimbourg, la capitale de l’Écosse.
Tout commence par un empoisonnement lors d’une remise de prix. Un illustre mathématicien est accusé à tort, sur la base d’un faux témoignage. L’enquête est bâclée. Joli scandale en perspective ! À moins que Higgins ne démêle les fils d’une énigme où sont impliqués des jumeaux, une basketteuse, le directeur d’un laboratoire.
Pour cette affaire, Higgins, qui a fait destituer le super-intendant local, n’avance pas en terrain conquis. Pis encore : il pourrait devenir la cible de celui qui se cache derrière ces lettres mortelles : XXL…
Mondialement connu pour ses romans sur l’Égypte ancienne, Christian Jacq nous invite à découvrir les passionnantes investigations d’un inspecteur de Scotland Yard. Chaque année, quatre enquêtes palpitantes.
Retrouvez tout l’univers de l’inspecteur Higgins sur : www.inspecteurhiggins.com
Tout commence par un empoisonnement lors d’une remise de prix. Un illustre mathématicien est accusé à tort, sur la base d’un faux témoignage. L’enquête est bâclée. Joli scandale en perspective ! À moins que Higgins ne démêle les fils d’une énigme où sont impliqués des jumeaux, une basketteuse, le directeur d’un laboratoire.
Pour cette affaire, Higgins, qui a fait destituer le super-intendant local, n’avance pas en terrain conquis. Pis encore : il pourrait devenir la cible de celui qui se cache derrière ces lettres mortelles : XXL…
Mondialement connu pour ses romans sur l’Égypte ancienne, Christian Jacq nous invite à découvrir les passionnantes investigations d’un inspecteur de Scotland Yard. Chaque année, quatre enquêtes palpitantes.
Retrouvez tout l’univers de l’inspecteur Higgins sur : www.inspecteurhiggins.com
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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About the author
Christian Jacq
225 books944 followersAlso writes under the names Célestin Valois, J.B. Livingstone, and Christopher Carter.
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
Jacq's interest in Egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. He first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists.
By the time he was eighteen, he had written eight books. His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987. As of 2004 he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology.
He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute, which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
Between 1995-1997, he published his best selling five book suite Ramsès, which is today published in over twenty-five countries. Each volume encompasses one aspect of Ramesses' known historical life, woven into a fictional tapestry of the ancient world for an epic tale of love, life and deceit.
Jacq's series describes a vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher. In his marital life, he first has Isetnofret (Iset) as a mistress (second Great Wife), meets his true love Nefertari (first Great Wife) and after their death, gets married to Maetnefrure in his old age. Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: Kha'emweset, Meritamen (she being the only child of Nefertari, the two others being from Iset) and Merneptah. The other "children" are only young officials trained for government and who are nicknamed "sons of the pharaoh".
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
Jacq's interest in Egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. He first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists.
By the time he was eighteen, he had written eight books. His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987. As of 2004 he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology.
He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute, which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
Between 1995-1997, he published his best selling five book suite Ramsès, which is today published in over twenty-five countries. Each volume encompasses one aspect of Ramesses' known historical life, woven into a fictional tapestry of the ancient world for an epic tale of love, life and deceit.
Jacq's series describes a vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher. In his marital life, he first has Isetnofret (Iset) as a mistress (second Great Wife), meets his true love Nefertari (first Great Wife) and after their death, gets married to Maetnefrure in his old age. Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: Kha'emweset, Meritamen (she being the only child of Nefertari, the two others being from Iset) and Merneptah. The other "children" are only young officials trained for government and who are nicknamed "sons of the pharaoh".
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April 6, 2025
This is one of my fav series, even tho this wasn't my fav book. I still had a good time. It makes me wanna read ALL of the books!
September 11, 2022
Marlow a besoin d’aide, un grand biologiste est assassiné, son frère jumeau, un mathématicien renommé est accusé du meurtre. Ce crime s’est passé à Édimbourg, en Écosse. Marlow ne peut pas s’y rendre car il ne s’entend pas avec le super-intendant, du coup, Higgins se rend sur place pour mener l’enquête. Il s’aperçoit assez rapidement que l’enquête a été bâclé. Mais quand d’autres meurtres sont commis, Higgins comprend qu’il a faire à une énigme XXL.
Ce trentième tome était vraiment bien ficelé, jusqu’au dernier moment on se demande qui peut bien être le coupable. Nous suivons Higgins démêler le vrai du faux, en essayant de ne pas tomber dans la toile tissée par l’assassin. Puis vient, le moment de la résolution de cette enquête, qui j’avoue m’a fortement surprise, je ne m’attendais pas du tout à ce dénouement-ci.
Ce trentième tome était vraiment bien ficelé, jusqu’au dernier moment on se demande qui peut bien être le coupable. Nous suivons Higgins démêler le vrai du faux, en essayant de ne pas tomber dans la toile tissée par l’assassin. Puis vient, le moment de la résolution de cette enquête, qui j’avoue m’a fortement surprise, je ne m’attendais pas du tout à ce dénouement-ci.
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