Internationally bestselling author JEAN-LUC BANNALEC lives in Germany and the southerly region of the French dé partement of Finistè re. In 2016 he was given the award 'Mé cè ne de Bretagne.' Since 2018 he has been an honorary member of the Acadé mie litté raire de Bretagne. The New York Times has praised of his Brittany mysteries, "Delicious. . . if this isn't heaven, it's close enough." Bannalec is the author of Death in Brittany, Murder on Brittany Shores, The Fleur de Sel Murders, The Missing Corpse, The Killing Tide, The Granite Coast Murders, The King Arthur Case, The Body By the Sea (named one of Washington Post's "Ten Best Mystery Novels of the Year"), Death of a Master Chef, and An Island of Suspects.