Devilish Provence

  • Volume 14 of the successful bestseller series, over 800,000 copies sold.
  • Retired Commissaire Albin Leclerc and his precocious pug Tyson are cult.
  • Particularly atmospheric setting: the fictional monastery St. Gargas is based on the famous Abbaye de Sénanque.

Is the mysterious "Devil's Song" the key to Albin Leclerc's 14th case?

It is a hot summer in Provence – and at St. Gargas Abbey, the director of the monastery church's Gregorian choir is found dead among the lavender bushes. He was brutally tortured to death. In his hand is a sheet of the “Devil's Song” – an ancient, forbidden melody that had been kept under lock and key at St. Pierre for centuries.

Camille Durand, an art historian specializing in ancient codices, is called in to analyze the meaning of the notes – and ex-commissaire Albin Leclerc realizes that the song contains a secret code. As more murders occur, Albin realizes that nothing is as it seems – and the upcoming festival could end in disaster ...

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  • Publisher: FISCHER Scherz
  • Release: 29.04.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-651-00149-7
  • 336 Pages
  • Series: Ein Fall für Commissaire Leclerc
  • Author: Pierre Lagrange
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Pierre Lagrange Devilish Provence
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Pierre Lagrange

Pierre Lagrange is the pseudonym of a well-known German writer who has already published a number of crime novels and thrillers. In the district of Avignon, his mother runs a small hotel on an old country estate, which is famous for its provençal cuisine. The successful series about the endearing Commissar Leclerc and his pug Tyson have been published by Fischer.