1966. The mutilated body of a young woman is found. Philippe Marlin, a widow and ex-resistant, is new to the Criminal Squad and put in charge of
the investigation. He will be confronted to political corruption and the Gaullist militia, a parallel and underground police.
- A dark novel narrated by the cop in the vein of James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet.
Xavier Boissel is a French teacher and author of three novels.