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French Noir

Skeletons in the Closet by Jean-Patrick Manchette

December 4, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

May I quote a reviewer – “Writing so dark it gives a new meaning to the word noir.”  Welp, this is definitely murky to the extreme, but a lot of that was on myself as the reader. Written by French crime writer Manchette in 1976, Skeletons in the Closet is a fast paced tale of private eye Eugene Tarpon, hired to theoretically search for the daughter of a little old lady.  There are no leads, and those who hire him are connected with the police, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 1970s French Noir, Down on his luck PI hired just to make nice but can't let it go, French car chases in and out of Paris, French cars!, French firearms!, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Really getting lost here, Where is the French Humphrey Bogart?

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:62 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 1970s French Noir, Down on his luck PI hired just to make nice but can't let it go, French car chases in and out of Paris, French cars!, French firearms!, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Really getting lost here, Where is the French Humphrey Bogart? ·
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