by Jan Burke
First published 2007
Inspector Lefebvre becomes front-page news when newspapers accuse him of accepting a large bribe to eliminate the sole witness to a brutal massacre. Then he disappears without a trace. The discovery of his corpse inside an airplane wreckage changes everything about the case. Inspector Harriman takes on the job of investigating this mess, but he will need all his detective skills to uncover the truth. Ten years have elapsed since the original events. That decade has created an eternity of silence, with tongues now tied and memories grown dim. Harriman must navigate through layers of corruption and cover-up to piece together what really happened to Lefebvre and the witness he allegedly killed.
Genres: 20th-century, mystery, crime, detective, 21st-century, mystery-thriller
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: corruption, cover-up, investigation
Setting: France
Period: 10 years
Paperback · Contemporary French Fiction