Sébastien Lepetit (30 August 1969 – 3 March 2025) was a French crime fiction writer.
Life and career Born in Loudéac on 30 August 1969, Lepetit published his first crime fiction novel in 2013, Merde à Vauban, which was part of the Les Enquêtes du commissaire Morteau series. The novel's setting was the Fortifications of Vauban during their candidacy to become a World Heritage Site. The book received the readers' choice award in the that year. In 2016, his second novel in the series, L'Origine du crime - Deux enterrements à Ornans, received the Prix polar du Lions Club de Rambouillet.
Lepetit died of colorectal cancer on 3 March 2025, at the age of 55.
Works Les Enquêtes du commissaire Morteau Merde à Vauban (2013) L’Origine du crime : deux enterrements à Ornans (2016) Il y aura du sang sur la neige (2018)
Les Mystères de l'Argentor Barnabé (2014) La Korrandine de Tevelune (2014)
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