Inspector Lucas Rocco has an unusual case on his hands. A farmer has
reported a truck ramming a car out on the highway. When he goes to
investigate he discovers blood on the verge, plus a human tooth. Has a
filming stunt gone wrong and the stunt man been killed? But then, where
are the actors?
Shortly afterwards the police have to arrest several Englishmen
following a bar brawl. Rocco wonders if they might be tied to the
so-called accident. Later, three unusual men appear at the police
station with Rocco's superior, Massin. Rocco realises that one of them,
Saint-Cloud, is a member of the president's body guard. He wonders
what this is about. Unexpectedly Rocco is seconded to work with
Saint-Cloud.
This doesn't prevent him from continuing the
investigation into the staged crash, especially when a burnt out truck
is discovered. Along with the truck is found the incinerated remains of
a man. Shortly thereafter a damaged car is found at an auto scrapper.
Can Rocco tie the two together?
Back to the security task at
hand, Rocco studies a map of the area around Amiens looking for a
possible site to attack the president. He discovers a potential site at
Pont Noir; a site where many British and Australian bodies are being
exhumed from the First World War. A site that the ex-military president
is apt to visit. Unfortunately, Saint-Cloud doesn't agree with Rocco's
theory.
Rocco's investigation takes him to London and Scotland
Yard in search of help. While at Scotland Yard he runs into a couple of
French security officers, which is a puzzle. A short time thereafter, an
attempt is made to bribe Rocco and as a result he is suspended.
The
ensuing pages rivet the reader with plenty of action and intrigue.
What an excellent read! Author
Adrian Magson grasps the reader's mind and you follow along at a pace
that excites and stimulates the mind. I can hardly wait to read the fourth novel in this series.
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