A murder and a missing body interrupt a getaway in the south of France... Waldo and Averil Keelagher's holiday is ruined when Waldo's unbearable uncle joins them in the south of France. Not long after their arrival on the Riviera, however, they're relieved of their unwelcome guest when Waldo finds Uncle George dead in the wasteland of the Esterel. Panicking, the couple pack the body into the back of their car and rush to the nearest police station in Cannes. Things take a turn for the peculiar when, after reporting the crime, the couple return to the car to find it has been stolen - with George's body still inside. Superintendent Littlejohn, who happens to be on holiday nearby, soon finds himself caught up in one of his most complicated and unorthodox cases yet... Death in the Wasteland is the twentieth title in Agora's Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries. Reviews 'One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simon-pure British detective story' - The New York Times 'Mr Bellairs always gives good value' - The Sunday Times 'Pure British detective story' - The New York Times 'George Bellairs never lets his readers down' - Amazon Review 'Just what you need your on holiday' - Amazon Review 'Cracking read, highly recommended.' - Amazon Review

One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simon-pure British detective story. -- The New York Times
Mr Bellairs always gives good value. -- The Sunday Times
Bellairs works in a comic tradition that extends from Ben Jonson... Each character has a particular trait exaggerated to the point of obsession or caricature. -- Susan B MacDougall
This has all the usual Bellairs twists and turns and leads to an unexpected denouement. Cracking read, highly recommended. -- Amazon Reviewer
For forty years George Bellairs wrote detective stories without repeating any plots. It is a typical example of this author's fine expertise -- Amazon Reviewer