Pel Under Pressure

A brutal murder has been committed to an operatic soundtrack: can Inspector Pel identify the killer?

Nobody wants to talk about the murder victim found in the woods, but Inspector Pel insists on answers.

A series of thefts, a murder and the arrival of the Tour de France – it's a typical day in the office for Inspector Pel.

A wealthy businessman disappears – and his faithful staghound seems to be the only one upset about it... 

A terrorist group plans to assassinate the President on his visit to Burgundy – it's down to Pel to stop them.

Pel discovers himself to be the target of a letter-bomb sent by an old enemy – can he stave off the predators?

Pel's honeymoon is rudely interrupted by the murder of a local taxi driver.

Pel investigates the murders of a series of young women, and finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Pel faces interference from Paris colleagues, along with violent crime from out-of-town gangs.

A double shooting of two ageing crooks leads Chief Inspector Pel all the way to Mexico to discover why they were murdered.

When Chief Inspector Pel accepts a drinks invitation at the house of a big shot, Deputy Claude Barclay, he doesn’t realise how compromised he will become by his acceptance.

An extravagant, big time gangland criminal is ambushed and assassinated; the only witness a ten-year-old-boy.

Brigade Criminelle is mobilised when a fatal stabbing, an anticipated delivery of lethal drugs from Marseilles, and the discovery of a thirty-year-old corpse in an ancient turreted tower in the town of Puyceldome coincide with a frantic search for two murderous hitchhikers – all on Chief Inspector Pel’s patch.

Brigade Criminelle is mobilised when a fatal stabbing, an anticipated delivery of lethal drugs from Marseilles, and the discovery of a thirty-year-old corpse in an ancient turreted tower in the town of Puyceldome coincide with a frantic search for two murderous hitchhikers – all on Chief Inspector Pel’s patch.

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret