August in Grambois - Softcover

Michel Ronay, a Marseille taxi driver, has his country villa at Grambois, a haven of peace where he spends the month of August with his family. Unfortunately, his mistress', Eleanor the shopkeeper's wife and Sophia, the naked artist, make demands on him as he tries to relax with his wife Monique. Things get worse when Michel brings to the villa two Australian hitch hikers who camp in the garden and then accidentally set fire to the surrounding land. After the fire is put out, Michel decides that he needs a break away from Grambois and leaving his family he goes sailing with his friend Rene and his wife.Unfortunately this leads him into difficulty when he is seen by Claude Salvator, a notorious gangster, in a harbour restaurant. Michel decides to get back to Marseille and he contacts Gerrard, the Gendarme, and tells him about Salvator. Michel is then involved in a plan to catch Salvator which goes badly wrong and ends with Gerrard accidentally shooting himself in Michel's taxi whilst chasing Salvator. Fortunately the injury is slight and Gerrard recovers after a short period while Michel returns to Grambois having had a memorable August holiday.

Peter James Child started his writing career in the 1960's by contributing comedy lines to a USA show called 'FUNNYBIRDS' starring Goldie Hawn and Phyllis Diller. He went on to co-write a comedy series for the BBC entitled 'THE MOTORWAY MEN.' After many years working full time in the automotive paint industry as a technical representative he joined a Government department specialising in vehicle paint finishing. Later he was appointed as a Government Consultant to Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. and then invited to join Aston Martin as the Quality Control Manager and Chief Test Driver and test drove every vehicle from Production. While he was at Aston Martin he wrote 3 technical books about vehicle paint, which are used in the automotive industry and Technical College's world wide, as well as two books on safe driving. He now concentrates on writing crime novels set in Victorian London and romantic titles. He held a private pilot's licence with a multi engine rating for many years and for relaxation ferried aircraft and pilots to various airfields around the UK.