Benoît, the priest of a small parish near Avignon is having problems with the confessions he hears: five penitents have admitted murdering English people. Believing at first that this is a hoax, he goes to see the bishop who tells him that it's not a joke and that he should take some time off.
Benoît goes to Zaza, his sister-in-law who also hosts their nephew, the lieutenant Escariot, in charge of the case as the killing have happened near the village where Zaza lives. The policeman discovers the existence of two rival associations: the Wellington Club and the Friends of Napoleon.
Are the killings settling of scores between the members or something more?
- Funny and caustic, in the vein of A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke.
- Timeless with the banters between the French and the English and timely as well with the Brexit.
Sub-editor for 15 years, Marie Fitzgerald has then worked for the first TV channel of Latin America. She has spent half of her life travelling the world and is now settled in France.