The artist signed his name to this cover, but only the top half of the lettering shows. It’s along the bottom edge, over to the right. If someone has a copy of the hardcover edition, the artwork is the same, and the signature is intact. I like the fine line work, and the coloring.

FAWCETT CREST Paperback reprint, October 1990. Hardcover edition: Fawcett/Columbine, September 1989. Both publishing imprints were part of Ballantine at the time. First edition: Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hardcover, 1989.

      From the back cover:

   France’s most prestigious restaurant directory, Le Guide, has pressed culinary expert Monsieur Pamplemousse into delectable service. His mission: create a dining extravaganza for the maiden voyage of a luxury dirigible carrying the French and British heads of state.

   But Monsieur Pamplemousse senses disaster even before leaving the ground. First his car is run off the road by a van full of nuns, then a local circus performer and new-found friend, Yasmin, suffers a terrible “accident” on the trapeze.

   All is certainly not well, but Monsieur Pamplemousse suspects the mystery and misfortune will soon lift — abound the celebrity blimp!

    “The funny, exciting mystery will delight readers who may weep with envy of the feasts that are ordinary fare for M. Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites.”
      PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.