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1963: The third outing for Inspector Rocco
Death on the Pont Noir
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A farmer reports a truck ramming into a car near Amiens, Picardie, followed by gunfire. A group of Englishmen are brought in after a bar fight. A tramp’s body is discovered in a burnt-out truck. All this occurring after multiple attempts on the President’s life. Inspector Lucas Rocco knows there’s a connection somewhere. Yet despite all clues pointing to the Pont Noir for the next attack on the President, his superiors reject his suspicions. Finding himself suspended, the victim of a set-up, with no badge and no authority, and facing the lethal response of English gangsters, Rocco has to go it alone ..
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Picardie – Pont Noir (Black Bridge)
“The smudge lay approximately to hundred metres from the road. Almost adjacent to it on the map, the road was flanked by two broad lines and chevrons indicating a cutting.
It was in the middle of nowhere, for God’s sake. Just a boring, straight, little-used piece of tarmac lost in a patchwork of fields made famous only by history.
He bent close. Faint lettering showed against the bridge”
Pont Noir (Black Bridge). This place is also fictional but Picardie is a region where many people do come and visit military graves so there are plenty to visit and pay your respects.
1963 was a year where many events of note took place and ones such as the Great Train Robbery and the assassination of JRK are neatly folded into the storyline.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Death on the Pont Noir
Destination: Picardie, Amiens, Paris Author/Guide: Adrian Magson Departure Time: 1960s
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