by Martin O'Brien · Headline · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780755322862
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«Jacquot and the Waterman» is the crime novel by Martin O'Brien, published by Headline in paperback (544 pages, in English).
In Marseille, Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot, a former French national rugby player, investigates the appearance of young women drowned. With a new partner and a three-word tattoo as the only clue, he follows the trail of an elusive killer the press calls Waterman; a lover of blues and good food, he faces the case after being abandoned by his girlfriend.
First installment of the Daniel Jacquot series, published on 4 July 2005; it was Martin O'Brien's debut as a mystery novelist.
For readers of crime fiction and police procedurals seeking a detective plot set in Marseille.
Martin O'Brien is an Irish journalist, author, media/communications consultant and speech writer. A former Editor of The Irish News, he is the co-author of "In Good Time" - A Memoir by Harold Good with Martin O'Brien, which was published by Red Stripe Press (Dublin) in October 2024. He specializes in religious affairs and was Northern correspondent of The Irish Catholic until he started work on "In Good Time". He covered the election of Pope Francis for BBC Northern Ireland. He left the BBC on 31 March 2013, having been on the staff for 28 years, and has established his own business, Martin O'Brien Media, based in Belfast. As a freelance journalist he contributed to the coverage of the Lying in State of Pope Francis for BBC Newsline (TV), BBC Radio Ulster and UTV Live, in April 2025. Also, for The Irish News he extensively covered the Conclave which elected Pope Leo XIV while also contributing to the coverage on BBC Radio Ulster, UTV Live and Newstalk.
