Mary Lester is a French police lieutenant in Quimper, but she has been sent to Saint-Malo to investigate a beautiful young woman’s death. The local superintendent concluded that the woman died of natural causes. Mary, who is both inquisitive and independent, thinks he is dead wrong. Not only that, but unless she takes decisive action, more lives may be lost… Intrepid investigator Mary Lester is the heroine of a series of 64 best-selling novels by Jean Failler, who sets his...

"Trainee detective constable Mary Lester has been sent to Brittany’s great Southern seaport, Lorient.A tramp drowns in the river Scorff, a supermarket manager vanishes into the air, juvenile delinquents go in for a bit of chainsaw-powered breaking and entering…For detective constable Marc Amedeo, this is just uneventful daily routine. Peace and quiet rule in Lorient police station… or did so until Mary Lester starts knitting these apparently trivial incidents into a full bl...