Awkward Squad / Anne Capestan Series
This series follows an unconventional unit within the Paris police department, composed of the most problematic and least favored officers. They are led by an ambitious but sidelined policewoman who refuses to play by the rules. Despite dilapidated equipment and constant scrutiny from superiors, this squad of misfits tackles old and new cases with surprising effectiveness. Their unorthodox methods often clash with the bureaucratic hierarchy, leading to both danger and dark humor.
Recommended Reading Order
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"Suspended from her job for firing 'one bullet too many', Commissaire Anne Capestan expects the worst when she is summoned to H.Q. Instead, she is surprised to be told that she is to head up a new task force, devoted to reopening cold cases. Relieved as she is to have her career back, Capestan is not overjoyed by the prospect of her new role. She is even less pleased as one by one her team present themselves: a squad of renouned troublemakers, not one of whom can be sacked--only removed indefinitely from active police duties"--
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Anne Capestan returns with her squad to investigate a serial killer with victims all over France
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Mission Blindgänger
Ein neuer Fall für Kommando Abstellgleis
»Ruhe bitte, es wird gemordet!« Die sympathische Chaostruppe der Pariser Polizei feiert ihr Comeback an einem Filmset – wie immer angeführt von Commissaire Anne Capestan, die ihre Elternzeit unterbricht, um einer Kollegin zur Hilfe zu eilen: Capitaine Eva Rosière, nebenberufliche Drehbuchautorin, steht unter Verdacht, den Regisseur ermordet zu haben. Es ist nicht zu leugnen, Eva hatte geschworen ihn zu töten … Doch fast jeder am Drehort hätte ein Mordmotiv. Das Spiel kann beginnen: Mit Windeln und Schnuller gerüstet, machen sich Anne Capestan und ihr Kommando Abstellgleis an die Ermittlungsarbeit – Baby Joséphine stets mit dabei.
