<DIV><P><I>Long a renowned crime writer in France, Pierre Magnan has won numerous prizes and has a huge popular following in his native country. Now, with this mouthwatering series debut, Magnan introduces the celebrated Commissaire Laviolette to U.S. readers.<BR><BR></I>In a small, peaceful village in Provence, the&nbsp;principal source of income is the cultivation and sale of truf?es. When Commissaire Laviolette arrives to investigate why&nbsp;several of&nbsp;the town&#8217;s&nbsp;citizens are missing, it isn&#8217;t long before their bodies turn up. It takes all of the detective&#8217;s ingenuity to unravel crimes whose origins are as old as the truf?e woods.</P></DIV>