It is a rather promising first novel that we discover in this thriller signed by the co-creator of the French detective series Profiling.
Léonie, who is a psychologist in Paris, has not heard from her sister for almost a year. When she gives him an appointment after months of silence, his surprise is even greater since it is not his sister whom she discovers in the apartment where she was to wait for him, but an infant. An investigation begins to find the missing woman – an investigation in which Léonie finds herself dragged a little in spite of herself by the singular Commander Fenneteaux. We gradually discover a toxic maternal love that leads us to a strange hamlet whose inhabitants experience a lifestyle inspired by the Middle Ages.
Everything is there for you to get hooked on the plot quickly enough and make you want to continue reading: two endearing heroines who each have their pet peeves, a sufficient dose of suspense and incisive writing coupled with dialogues with well-felt replies. The only criticism we could make of this thriller is that it remained on the surface while offering a slightly too easy ending – a process that works very well for a detective TV series broadcast at prime time. listening, but which will perhaps leave some regulars of the genre unsatisfied.
The Deadly Links
Sophie Lebarbier
Albin Michael
297 pages