A French detective looks into a public figure's murderand discovers some private secretsin a mystery by an author who is "a joy to read" (*TheTimes Literary Supplement*).**
When a local official is gunned down in the street, it looks like a cold-blooded political assassination. But as Inspector Henri Castang investigatesand questions the victim's colleagues and familyit seems the motive might have been closer to home.
The mystery only becomes more tangled when the official's son turns up dead. What is this family involved in that has cost them two lives already? Castang must sort through secrets, blackmail, and lies to solve the case before another victim is targeted . . .