Series: Anne Capestan #1 (English follows) Pas mal, en somme. C’est vrai qu’il y avait quelques scènes bizarres parsemées ici et là à travers le livre et qu’elles n’avaient pas de lien évident aux événements du livre, mais elles ont été élucidées avant la fin. Je n’aime pas tellement la techniqu...
I can't remember how I discovered the first book in this series, The Awkward Squad, but I thoroughly enjoyed it; it felt fresh and it amused me, and I chalked up any small irritations to the translation from the French. This second book was much the same, although there were more straight-up trans...
An entertaining, original, humorous, well-plotted story of a new squad of outcasts in the Paris Police coming together to solve two murders. "The Awkward Squad" is the English translation of "Poulet Grillés", (literally 'grilled chickens' - although poulet is also used a term for prostitutes) whic...
I can't remember where I heard about this book (best bet is here on BL) but it was described as a new mystery series similar to the old tv show Leverage*. The premise of the show was a group of misfits coming together to right the wrongs big business perpetrated against the people. The Awkward Squ...
A police procedural where the police don't exactly follow procedure. The Awkward Squad is formed to keep a group of misfits out of sight and out of mind, but these misfits certainly don't stay there. This crime mystery is well-written and fast-paced from beginning to end. So often, books in this gen...
A crime writer, a drunk, a gambler, a rat & a s**t magnet….these are just a few of the police officers Commissaire Anne Capestan inherits when she is “promoted” to lead the newly formed cold case unit of the Police Judiciaire of Paris. But then she’s in no position to judge. She got the new assignme...
¿Quieres escribir una novela humorística y de suspense al mismo tiempo? Pues o eres una mezcla entre Agatha Christie y Tom Sharpe, o tu proyecto terminará en fracaso. Y esto es lo que le ha pasado a esta señora. El libro no tiene mala pinta en principio, pero lo va estropeando poco a poco. A modo de...
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