Death in Room Five - George Bellairs

From George Bellairs Literary Estate I was fortunate to receive number 24 in the Chief Inspector Littlejohn series to review on Amazon. (e-book via NetGalley)

This is one of my favorite English Crime series, and it was a very nice read.
Inspector Littlejohn and  his wife Letty are on vacation at the French Riviera. The vacation comes to an abrupt halt when a compatriot is murdered  nearby. Alderman Dawson is stabbed to death and Littlejohn is asked to help the French police. Dawson was on a coach tour along with other residents from Bolchester. Dawson had been in the maquis during the war, fell in love with a woman and betrayed the group. The murder could be revenge from wartime or the murderer could be one of the participants in the bus tour. To find out more about the group  and the victim, Littlejohn has to go back to England and visit Bolchester,
While he is away other murders take place.
I enjoyed reading it - nice French settings around Cannes, and interesting to read about the difference between English and French police methods. Sergeant Cromwell appeared very briefly, but instead we got the amusing cooperation between inspector Dorange and LittleJohn.

As an appetizer the first chapter of Death Treads Softly was included in the e-book too. (Chief Inspector Littlejohn 26)

I have previously blogged about:

A Knife for Harry Dodd - Chief Inspector Littlejohn 21
Death in Room Five - Chief Inspector Littlejohn 24
Corpse at the Carnival - Chief Inspector Littlejohn 29
Bones in the Wilderness - Chief Inspector Littlejohn 31