Baptiste The Blade Must Fall

An atmospheric and tense French-set mystery thriller which imagines the early career of French detective, Julien Baptiste. The official prequel to the popular BBC television series ‘Baptiste’, screened 2019-2021; the tale stars the memorable character who first appeared on television in ‘The Missing’ in 2014. Set in 1976, Baptiste is a young detective sent to Clermiers on the trail of a girl who has gone missing. When bloody clothes are discovered near a chateau, Baptiste is convinced he has found the culprit: the eccentric Gilles Mailloux, who had been hosting a party in the abandoned chateau. Tried and found guilty, the case seems to be closed with Mailloux sentenced to the guillotine. But when the prisoner asks to see Baptiste and the execution creeps closer, Baptiste begins to suspect he has made a terrible mistake. A gripping, twist-filled mystery to delight fans of the ‘Baptiste’ television programmes but also those meeting the character for the first time. Written by acclaimed Yorkshire-born novelist David Hewson (b.1953), whose characters include Nic Costa, Pieter Vos and Arnold Clover.

Paperback
20 x 13cm
326 pages
FSC accredited paper