This book is a novelization of the BBC TV series Bergerac, which starred John Nettles in the title role and ran from 1981-1991. His character Jim Bergerac was a Detective Sergeant in the States of Jersey Police Bureau des Etranger. This department investigated crimes committed by foreigners on the island of Jersey. Bergerac is a divorced recovering alcoholic with a very rich ex-father-in-law and a teenage daughter.
A young boy called Matthew comes to the police station and says he has been kidnapped but no one believes him. A short while later a Portuguese waiter goes missing from Bergerac's friend Diamante Lil's bar and then Lil is attacked at the bar after she disturbs a burglar. Bergerac investigates and eventually realises that the 3 incidents are linked. Matthew's father is the Chief Planning Officer for an English council and he is currently writing a report about the merits of different bids for a tender for a large development. His wife and son are kidnapped and taken to Jersey so that he will recommend a particular bidder. Bergerac rescues them.
This isn't great literature but it is fast paced and very readable.
Islands covered - Jersey 6/10
Matthew and his mother are kept hostage in a tower like this one. This one is at Ouaisne Common.
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