Lucie's uncle, a retired cop, has died while investigating solo on the disappearance of a young girl. He had a suspect, Ramirez, but never got the chance to confront him. Lucie decides to go rogue and continue her uncle's case: she goes to the suspect's house at nightfall. The place is sordid: the walls of the cellar are covered with bags full of blood and hideous frescos, piles of objects prevent from walking, a piercing cry belonging to a hairless cat eaten away by leeches is echoing. The the worst happens, Lucie is facing the suspect and has no other choice but shooting her gun.
She confides in Sharko stright away. Ramirez was obviously not an ordinary man, even a monster. Franck takes upon himself to create a murder scene fit to the guy so that their team at the Criminal Police takes over the case.
Playing a double game, Lucie and Franck will live their worst experience as cops. And their biggest danger as a couple.
- A plot about blood trafficking with multiple twists. From vampirism to the Gunther disease, the reader is on for a gripping thriller, filled with suprising (but real) medical revelations!
Franck Thilliez is the author of a dozen successful thrillers including La Chambre des morts, awarded the Quai du Polar Readers Prize in 2006 and the SNCF French Thriller Award in 2007.