Inspector Aliette Nouvelle is ordered to attend therapy sessions with a psychologist in Beziers, the city 40km from her home base in the wine town of Saint-Brin. Aliette’s failure to carry her gun is directly related to the messy conclusion of aMoreInspector Aliette Nouvelle is ordered to attend therapy sessions with a psychologist in Beziers, the city 40km from her home base in the wine town of Saint-Brin. Aliette’s failure to carry her gun is directly related to the messy conclusion of a major murder case she led the previous summer.
She must learn to use deadly force… There is a killing spree occurring in the city. Someone is knifing homeless kids. Aliette cannot get involved: not her patch, not her problem. When city-based colleague Inspector Pierre Tropéano becomes a victim, his gun is taken and used in yet more killings. The knife left in Tropéano’s gut changes everything… As she wanders the night streets of the cold city, getting a feel for the gun in her pocket, Aliette finds clues to the whereabouts of Tropéano’s gun —and a killer.
But pursuing the matter risks losing her job. And maybe her life. Is she ready to use her gun?