{"product_id":"9781912916184-secondhand-knock-em-dead-a-captain-darac-mystery","title":"Knock 'em Dead: A Captain Darac Mystery","description":"It's high summer and the Nice Jazz Festival, at which Captain Paul Darac's group is playing, is just a few days away. That's the good news. The bad is that his on-off love affair with fellow officer Frankie, appears to be off for good: her feelings have cooled. So Darac has much on his mind as the team is called to the death of an elderly man at St-Laurent rail station. The victim is identified as hard-bitten ex-comedy star Ambroise Paillaud, born locally and only recently returned to the area. Intrigue: Darac learns that the village to which Paillaud retired had pitilessly expelled his family when he was a boy. More intriguing still, his will reveals that he left his vast fortune to the village. Gradually, Darac will untie a knot of greed, corruption, blackmail and murder which exposes Paillaud's true plan, and which brings other malign forces to the surface.  AUTHOR: Peter Morfoot's writing credits include plays and sketch shows for BBC radio and TV, and the \"cult classic\" (Time Out) satirical novel, Burksey. He has lectured in film, holds a PhD in Art History, and has spent 30 years exploring life on the French Riviera, the setting for his crime series featuring Captain Paul Darac of Nice's Brigade Criminelle.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49079334076635,"sku":"9781912916184-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c623f93c-d308-49a6-8925-ac9f9e8000b1.jpg?v=1786118878","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781912916184-secondhand-knock-em-dead-a-captain-darac-mystery","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}