A voodoo sorcerer who decides to create an obscure church. A man who dies in a terrible shark attack. A little girl who falls into despair...
Despite its lavish landscapes, Réunion is not the paradise former police commander Paul Kessler expected. He was looking for a little peace and quiet, until he met Hubert Bourdonnais.
Two years earlier, this rich industrialist had left the island and entrusted the management of the family vanilla plantation to his only son. But the latter died in a helicopter crash a short while ago. While the police have concluded to an accident, Hubert Bourdonnais does not believe this theory. Kessler agrees to conduct the investigation, without imagining that he would be confronted with a very dark reality...
Jacques Saussey is the author of about fifteen novels. His novel Le Loup peint was awarded the Prix Saint- Maur en poche of the best French crime novel in 2016, and Enfermé.e was awarded the Prix Polar of the book festival of Quiberon in 2019.