The French Confection
| File:The French Confection cover.jpg First edition | |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
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| Cover artist | Phil Schramm |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Diamond Brothers |
| Genre | Children's short story |
| Publisher | Walker Books |
Publication date | 6 Jan 2003 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 84 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1406304923 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | South By South East |
| Followed by | The Blurred Man |
The French Confection is a children's novel by British author Anthony Horowitz, writer of the successful Alex Rider series, first published on 6th January 2003.[1] It is the fourth in the Diamond Brothers series.[2]
Title
The title is a play on The French Connection, a 1971 Oscar-winning film based on the real-life drug-smuggling operation between France and the United States.
Plot summary
The Diamond Brothers win a dream holiday in Paris. On the train, they meet Erica Nice, a French baker, and a Texan oilman, Jed Mathis. The Diamond Brothers mention to them that they are staying at Hotel Le Chat Gris. The waiter on the train drops some coffee at hearing this. As the Diamond Brothers get off the train, they are met by the waiter who tells them to beware of the Mad American and hands them a sugar sachet. The waiter is later found dead under a train.
At the hotel, they see a well-dressed man who seems to be interested in them. After being chased all round Paris by two assassins, Bastille and Lavanche, the brothers jump from a bridge into a bateau mouche. They are locked up by the gendarmes but when they mention the assassins they are hurriedly released. They return to find their hotel room has been turned upside down. Then Diamond Brothers are drugged. A policeman finds them and they track down the Mad American.It tiurns out to be Madam Erica Nice. She is arrested for smuggling drugs on the train - the sugar sachet is actually a drug packet.
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