La petite écuyère a cafté

Synopsis of La petite écuyère a cafté

«La petite écuyère a cafté» is a crime novel by Jean-Bernard Pouy, published by J'ai Lu in paperback (96 pages, in French).

The detective known as Le Poulpe investigates in Dieppe the deaths of two teenagers from high society, found handcuffed to the railway tracks. The case is closed as a suicide, but Le Poulpe doesn't believe it and follows the clues to Varengueville, where the respectable facade of local families hides less confessable interests.

First instalment of the Le Poulpe series. The novel originally appeared in 1995; this edition belongs to the Librio noir collection.

Aimed at readers of French crime fiction who want to start with the first case of detective Le Poulpe.