Castang's City

By Nicolas Freeling

A French detective looks into a public figure’s murder—and discovers some private secrets—in a mystery by an author who is “a joy to read” (The Times Literary Supplement).
 
When a local official is gunned down in the street, it looks like a cold-blooded political assassination. But as Inspector Henri Castang investigates—and questions the victim’s colleagues and family—it seems the motive might have been closer to home.
 
The mystery only becomes more tangled when the official’s son turns up dead. What is this family involved in that has cost them two lives already? Castang must sort through secrets, blackmail, and lies to solve the case before another victim is targeted . . .
 
Castang’s City is an atmospheric and suspenseful novel by a celebrated author who earned crime fiction’s three most prestigious prizes: the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, the Edgar Award, and the CWA Gold Dagger.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Jul 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781504053563

Nicolas Freeling

NICOLAS FREELING (1927–2003) was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the Van der Valk series of detective novels. His novel The King of the Rainy Country received the 1967 Edgar Award, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Novel. He also won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers’ Association, and France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.

Reviews for Castang's City

[pnorman4345 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Unbelievable plot. Way too much pompous European sophistication.

[judithrs · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Castang’s City. Nicolas Freeling. A Henri Castang Mystery. 1980,2017. Castang, a police officer in a mid-sized French city investigated the murder of a local business man and tends to his pregnant wife. The case becomes more complicated when the victim’s son is also murdered. An interesting police procedural and a fascinating look into French home life. I would have enjoyed this more had I not lost my Kindle for a week midway through ( It was stuck between the front seats of the car). I liked the “ Frenchness” of this more than the crime. Not for everyone.