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Charlie-boy: a love

story

Margaret de Rohan

KEY SELLING POINTS
A gripping crime and adventure story with a heart, set in Paris and Provence.
The story follows Chief Superintendent Philippe Maigret on an undercover assignment to find a stolen
ancient grimoire.
Which is he first: a husband, or a celebrated police officer?

Chief Superintendent Philippe Maigret – the most decorated police officer in Paris - has been given an
undercover assignment by his friend, Christophe Saint-Valéry, the Minister of Police. He is to find an ancient
grimoire – an 18th Century book about witchcraft – stolen from the Aix-en-Provence reference library some
months ago.

What a waste of the man’s talent and courage, we might think. But that would be wrong! Someone is using the
grimoire for a specific purpose, and animals are being killed in weird ways. How long before the perpetrator
takes an even bigger step?

Maigret and his English wife Meg have barely left Paris when they make a gruesome discovery, or rather their
cat does, which changes everything: he must cooperate with the Gendarmerie: they are in their territory now.
And that seriously upsets his professional balance. Is a month in a lovely cottage in Provence during
springtime – all expenses paid - really worth this amount of drama?

However, more is to come. Shortly after they settle themselves in Merion, a quaint little village, Meg makes a
further discovery during Philippe’s absence. And that really sets the cat amongst the pigeons!

Comparative title: 9781800463875 Icarus Affair (April 2021)

Margaret de Rohan was born in Adelaide but lived over 40 years in London. She is an Honorary Fellow of
Oxford Brookes University. She is the proud Granny of four amazing grandchildren. Her previous books are,
Celia and Granny Meg go to Paris, Celia and Granny Meg Return to Paris, Chief Inspector Maigret visits London,
Max Survives Paris, Night Train to Berlin and The Icarus Affair. She lives in South Australia.

Publication Date: 28th May 2024 £14.99 ISBN: 9781805143758
Thema subject category: FF – Crime and mystery fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 264 pp Portrait Author location: Australia

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