FATAL PURSUIT

Bruno, the St Denis Chief of Police, is on the trail of the Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic, the most beautiful car of all time with its sleek trailing shape. Only four of them were ever built and one is unaccounted for, lost in France during the Second World War. When two young racing drivers come to the Périgord to hunt down clues to the missing car's whereabouts, Bruno is intrigued despite himself. When a local researcher turns up dead and French intelligence starts investigating the use of classic car sales to fund terrorism, Bruno finds himself once more caught up in a case that reaches far beyond St Denis and its people. Plenty to love in this intriguing mystery. 325pp, paperback.