Summary
On the paradise island of Santa Catalina, off Los Angeles, the days are quiet for Inspector Stilwell. Recently landed from the LAPD Homicide Unit, he is mainly concerned with cases of domestic violence and drunkenness on the public road. The discovery of the body of a young woman in the port of the city of Avalon, wrapped in a tarpaulin and lester, is therefore a real shock for him and for the most notable personalities of the island, who hardly appreciate this bad publicity. Despite the public pressure and orders of his hierarchy in Los Angeles, Stilwell will methodically investigate, and reveal secrets that many would have preferred to see forever swallowed up under the waters of Avalon. Struggle in an atmosphere worthy of Ross Macdonald's classics, Stilwell succeeded in his examination of entering one of the best sagas of the police novel. Le Figaro magazine. Intrigues encased one in the other, temperate rhythm... We att
ISBN9782253910169
LanguageFrench
Pages456
Formatbroché
GenreRomans étrangers
Publication date19 August 2026