Death at the Old Asylum
A totally gripping historical crime thriller
Reeks: Inspector Lucas Rocco
Adrian Magson
- Who
- said
- nothing
- ever
- happens
- in
- the
- French
- countryside?
Picardie,
- 1964.
- On
- a
- deserted
- country
- road,
- three
- Moroccan
- nationals
- are
- shot
- dead
- with
- precision,
- a
- cold-blooded
- execution,
- one
- bullet
- each.
- To
- Inspector
- Lucas
- Rocco,
- it's
- a
- mystery.
- Why
- them
- and
- why
- here?A
- short
- time
- later,
- he
- happens
- upon
- two
- police
- officers
- who
- have
- been
- assaulted
- by
- an
- enraged
- motorist,
- one
- of
- them
- seriously.
- The
- unapologetic
- assailant,
- found
- to
- have
- an
- unregistered
- gun
- in
- his
- possession,
- claims
- to
- be
- the
- secretary
- of
- a
- high-profile
- and
- influential
- Parisian
- lawyer,
- Guy
- De
- Lancourt.The
- two
- cases
- seemingly
- have
- nothing
- in
- common.
- But
- on
- closer
- examination
- Rocco
- feels
- something
- isn't
- quite
- right.
- Just
- what
- lies
- beneath
- De
- Lancourt's
- carefully-cultivated
- public
- persona?
- And
- what
- secrets
- are
- hidden
- at
- Les
- Cyprès,
- the
- heavily-guarded
- former
- mental
- asylum
- De
- Lancourt
- has
- made
- his
- home?A
- scintillating
- French
- historical
- crime
- thriller,
- perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- Martin
- Walker,
- Donna
- Leon
- and Maigret.
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