After reading the first novel in the Commissaire Dupin series, I looked forward to reading another, but I was looking for more than a bare bones police procedural. The book is set on the Glénan Islands off the coast of Brittany, and the novel follows Dupin as he goes from island to island. There is some description of life on the islands, but not enough in my opinion. Dupin becomes absorbed in the mystery of what happened to three men whose bodies are found on the beach of one of the islands. He hangs up on people and simply avoids answering questions. Nolwenn gives him message after message from people (including his mother) who want him to return their calls, but he ignores them. As in the first book, Dupin drinks a lot of coffee and thinks about food. At the beginning of the book, he wanders off from the other police and enjoys a lobster meal on his own. Near the end of the book he enjoys a bowl of cotriade, a fish stew that is a regional specialty. He does reflect on the beauty of the islands, which is enjoyable, but it doesn't carry the novel sufficiently. The book is the most poorly edited publication I have ever seen, and I wonder how good the translation is from the German original. All in all, it was disappointing.