Monsieur Pamplemousse On Location

by Michael Bond

  About the Author

  Michael Bond made the decision to become a writer while serving in the Army in the Second World War. In 1947 he returned to the BBC, where he had worked previously, and spent some years there as a cameraman. Paddington Bear was born after a shopping trip on Christmas Eve when he spotted a small, solitary bear in a large London store. Paddington Bear is now a household name, and the Paddington Bear books have been translated into over twenty languages.

  Monsieur Pamplemousse was Michael Bond’s first novel for adults. Such was the success of his inspired blend of comedy, crime and cuisine that a whole series of books followed, starring Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites. Monsieur Pamplemousse on Location is the ninth book in the series.

  Also by Michael Bond

  Monsieur Pamplemousse

  Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission

  Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm

  Monsieur Pamplemousse on Location

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Train

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat

  Monsieur Pamplemousse on Probation

  Monsieur Pamplemousse on Vacation

  Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines

  Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives

  Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution

  Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint

  Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Tangled Web

  Copyright

  Allison & Busby Limited

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  London W1T 6DW

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  First published in 1992.

  This ebook edition first published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2016.

  Copyright © 1992 by MICHAEL BOND

  The moral right of the author is hereby asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

  All characters and events in this publication other than those clearly in the public domain are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent buyer.

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN 978–0–7490–1896–2