The Granite Coast Murders, Bannalec - B

               Commissaire Georges Dupin is on a two week vacation on a lovely Breton beach with his Parisian amour Claire. He is bored beyond belief and desperate for something to do. An assault is made on a local politician, and body is found in the local quarry. Raring to go, Georges is restrained by his administrative assistant, Claire, and the local gendarmes. His inquiries are subtle, and hopefully, unnoticed. Although Claire had enthusiastically designed this vacation and she too had eschewed any work responsibilities, she has been surreptitiously speaking to the clinic where she is a cardiologist. Another body is found near the quarry. With the help of his hotelier, whose niece is a policewoman, Georges solves the case, hands it off to the local police and returns to his holiday.  The second week is a resounding success.  What we learn about Brittany in this book is that there are vast sections of the coast with a unique pink granite for miles.