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Chargement... The Honfleur Decisionpar Alan Hunter
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Appartient à la sérieGeorge Gently (26)
Trouble seems to follow Chief Superintendent George Gently even on a French vacation. While day-dreaming by the quaint old harbour in Honfleur, violence strikes. First he is thrown into the water, then shortly afterwards someone tries to shoot him, narrowly missing him on two occasions. Gently is mystified, as are the Honfleur police. He knows of no enemies, French or English, or of any reason why anyone should be after him. Local police think he may have upset the plans of a thief stalking the Antiques Fair just opening in Honfleur, but senior officials from Paris have a much graver theory. In company with the charming Gabrielle Orbec - who may or may not be an accomplice of Gently's attacker - Gently plays the role of decoy. Apparently just a sightseer on the beaches of Normandy and in the sunlit, cobbled market squares, Gently, with the French Surete close behind, lays a trap for a very much wanted man. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Review of the Constable Kindle eBook edition (2014) of the Walker Mystery hardcover original (1980).
Gently Under Fire represents a major change in the long-time series of the Scotland Yard Chief Inspector. The original title The Honfleur Decision drops the long-running title theme of phrases incorporating the use of the character's name within a cliche phrase. The publisher is suddenly Walker Mystery and not Cassell Crime. The biggest change though is that the story is a suspense thriller and not a murder investigation. It also turns into somewhat of a romance.
The story starts off with a bit of humour. Gently enters a bar in the coastal town of Honfleur, France. He is on vacation with his sister and her husband. It turns out though that he is thoroughly drenched from having been tipped into the harbour waters by an unknown assailant. Was it some kind of malicious prank against English tourists or some sort of misunderstanding? But then he is fired upon and the situation becomes more serious as evidently someone intends to assassinate him.
With the assistance of the local police and eventually the DST, it turns out that Gently's mysterious assailant is a terrorist who has mistaken Gently for an English agent on his trail. Gently becomes the bait in an entrapment plan. He meanwhile falls in love with a Frenchwoman who may not be all that she seems to be.
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The dust cover of the original UK hardcover published by Walker in 1980. Image sourced from Goodreads.
This was not the style of my preferred Gently and it marks a major shift in the series. It was quickly followed by a direct sequel The Scottish Decision (Gently #27 - 1981), later republished as Gently Heartbroken.
Trivia and Link
Gently Under Fire was not adapted for the Inspector George Gently TV series (2007-2017). Very few of the TV episodes are based on the original books and the characters are quite different, e.g. Sgt Bacchus does not appear in the books. The timeline for the TV series takes place in the 1960s only. ( )