The Fairy Gunmother
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ISBN: 1860464459 / Publisher: Harvill Secker, March 1999
Benjamin Malaussene's already complicated life is further disturbed when he is suspected of murdering half a dozen elderly women in Paris, while two disguised police officers put their all into solving the case
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Maybe the worst indignity for a Paris cop is to be shot dead by an old granny he is trying to help cross the street in Paris on a frosty morning. An old lady needs protection with so many druggies around these days. Dressed as an elderly Vietnamese woman, Inspector Van Thian goes to investigate. Daniel Pennac’s “Belleville Quintet,” a cult success in France, also includes The Scapegoat, Monsieur Malaussene, Passion Fruit, and Write to Kill.
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