Bruno Courreges, Chief of Police in St. Denis, has received a phone call
about a boat drifting in the river with a naked female body in it.
When the boat is retrieved with the body, also found are black candles
and a pentagram daubed on the body. A search of the river turns up a
few places where the woman's boat could have been launched from. Later
Bruno learns that the woman had been a regular cocaine user, and had
been involved on an orgy prior to her death.
A few days later, in a tourist attraction known as The Devil's Cave, a
break-in has occurred. Someone has painted the Madonna and the candles
in the chapel black. Evidence in the cave gives Bruno an idea about who
was behind this particular incident.
At the same time, Bruno is investigating a proposed development that
could be coins to the area of St. Denis. Apparently another small town
had been given w similar opportunity and ended up badly in debt, and the
development turned out to be much less than proposed. Isabelle,
Bruno's part-time girlfriend and an inspector with the French police is
able to dig up some information on the prime movers and shakers in the
development scheme.
As Bruno's investigation progresses, so does the excitement in this
novel by Martin Walker. Local intrigue extending to international plots add to the action. It is an excellent read, and I am looking
forward to the sequel.
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