Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives (The Pignon Scorbion Series) (Pignon Scorbion, 1) Hardcover – February 8, 2022 by Rick Bleiweiss

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Author: Rick Bleiweiss

Brand: Blackstone Publishing

Edition: Unabridged

Package Dimensions: 0x0x788

Number Of Pages: 300

Release Date: 08-02-2022

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A PNBA BuzzBooks Winner“Bleiweiss’s novel is a worthy addition in the tradition of Conan Doyle and Christie. Holmes and Poirot, please make room for Pignon Scorbion.”-Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of What You Break
For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, author Rick Bleiweiss’s quirky new detective and ensemble cast of characters set against the backdrop of small-town England in the 1910s, will feel both comfortingly familiar and thrillingly new.
The year is 1910, and in the small and seemingly sleepy English municipality of Haxford, there’s a new chief police inspector. At first, the dapper and unflappable Pignon Scorbion strikes something of an odd figure among the locals, who don’t see a need for such an exacting investigator. But it isn’t long before Haxford finds itself very much in need of a detective.
Luckily, Scorbion and the local barber are old acquaintances, and the barbershop employs a cast of memorable characters who — together with an aspiring young ace reporter for the local Morning News — are nothing less than enthralled by the enigmatic new chief police inspector.
Investigating a trio of crimes whose origins span three continents and half a century, Pignon Scorbion and his ”tonsorial sleuths” interview a parade of interested parties, but with every apparent clue, new surprises come to light. And just as it seems nothing can derail Scorbion’s cool head and almost unerring nose for deduction, in walks Thelma Smith — dazzling, whip-smart, and newly single.
Has Pignon Scorbion finally met his match?
Review
”Rick Bleiweiss’s
Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives has quirky, wonderful characters and all the elements of a great (and fun) detective story. I totally loved reading this novel!” —
Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author

”
Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives by Rick Bleiweiss is a delightful mystery filled with twists and turns. Detective Inspector Scorbion is a charming protagonist, and his barbershop detectives are a delight. I’m already looking forward to the next case.” —
Shelley Shepard Gray, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

”Bleiweiss’s novel is a worthy addition in the tradition of Conan Doyle and Christie. Holmes and Poirot, please make room for Pignon Scorbion.” —
Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of What You Break

”Bleiweiss’s Pignon Scorbion, the new (circa 1910) chief police inspector of the British hamlet of Haxshire, is a splendidly unique addition to the list of entertainingly eccentric investigators who use brain over brawn. With a deductive prowess and penchant for precise couture that are more than a match for his contemporary Hercule Poirot, Scorbion prefers to solve his mysteries (here ranging from proof of parenthood to pig theft to bloody murder) in a barbershop, assisted by a young newshawk (his Watson), a trio of amusing tonsorial artists, and a bookseller as bright as she is beautiful. Good company. Good fun.” —
Dick Lochte, Nero Wolfe Award winner and bestselling author of Blues in the Night

”Bleiwiess’s debut novel is sure to delight fans of traditional mystery. The novel harkens back to the Golden Age of mystery fiction, and Pignon Scorbion is a detective comparable to Hercule Poirot. His unlikely group of ‘deputies’ at the barbershop brings a fresh perspective to this fascinating mystery. I look forward to the next in the series!” —
Amanda Flower, Agatha Award-winning & USA Today bestselling author

”Channeling a time of yore, and brilliantly ventriloquizing voices of a bygone era, debut crime novelist Rick Bleiweiss’s
Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives hurls us back over a century to the fictional town of Haxshire, England, to delight us with a sophisticated series of mysteries that evokes masters of the ‘cozy’ craft in the fin de siècle, revivifying their timelessly seductive sleuthing metho