The Dying Minutes

Overview

When an old friend dies and leaves Jacquot a fishing boat, all kinds of secrets and crimes come back to haunt him, in the seventh in the Marseilles-set Inspector Daniel Jacquot novelsChief Inspector Daniel Jacquot is on sick leave recovering from gunshot wounds when Isabelle Cassier, an old friend and sometime lover, pays him a visit. After working for the Judiciaire in Paris following the end of their brief affair, Isabelle has returned to Marseilles and rejoined the homicide squad. And her visit, she tells him, is official—Jacquot's name has appeared in connection with an unsolved murder she's investigating, and she wants some answers. She wants to know what he knows about a dead cop called Gilles Barsin, and just how friendly he was with Jean-Louis Lombard, a notorious dockland villain also known as The Seahorse? The two names spin Jacquot back to his days as a rookie cop, a distant time when the lines between law and disorder were often blurred, when silly mistakes were sometimes made, and friendship came at a heavy price. Now, years later, it looks like someone is spilling the beans.

Reviews

"An impressive debut."  —Publishers Weekly on Jacquot and the Waterman

"The 87th Precinct gallicized. O'Brien serves up a first-rate series hero."  —Kirkus Reviews on Jacquot and the Waterman

Author Biography

Martin O'Brien was British Vogue's travel editor for a number of years. He is the author of six previous Jacquot novels, including Jacquot and the Waterman.