A review by emmkayt
Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored by Philippe Georget

3.0

A police procedural translated from the French, set in Perpignan, near the Spanish border. A young Dutch woman is kidnapped, and Inspector Gilles Sebag is on the case. I particularly enjoyed the setting - lots of drinking of pastis, and descriptions of the scenery. The story itself was absorbing enough, if cliched. I was surprised though that it was written in this century, given all the male detectives and the rotating gaggle of female secretaries, whose non-speaking roles seemed limited to handing out documents or coffee while being very conscious of the effect their miniskirt or blouse is having...