A Very French Corpse : A slickly plotted murder mystery set in France's Loire Valley

by Moore, Ian | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 02/07/2026 by Duckworth Books (Duckworth) in the United Kingdom as part of the Loire Valley Mystery series
Paperback | 352 pages
129 x 197 x 28mm | 314g

AN IMMORTAL FOUND DEADAN ANCIENT LEGACY AT RISKIn the hallowed city of Tours, the death of a sixteen-year-old dressed as an ‘Immortal Knight’ appears to be a tragic overdose. Juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard is called in to investigate.

When, weeks later, a provocative author is found brutally murdered, Lombard suspects the two deaths are connected by a sinister, coercive force. As he digs deeper, the case begins to challenge his loyalties and unearth disturbing echoes from his own past. What started as apparent roleplay turns into something far darker — and far deadlier.

The third book in the gripping crime series from the The Times-bestselling author.