Used book – FUNERALS, RICHARD MONTANARI, FABRICE POINTEAU

Inspector Kevin Byrne can't sleep at night. What if he hadn't recognized that psychopath on the run in the bar? What if he had shot? That woman, taken hostage, would probably still be alive. It's not strictly speaking a blunder, but how can he bear the gaze of the victim's husband, shattered, consumed by grief? In Philadelphia, Christmas isn't looking good. In this usually joyful December, a wind of vengeance seems to be blowing over the city. Besides this inconsolable widower, there's an old case of alleged pedophilia resurfacing: two little girls who disappeared in a park... Not only has the police officer in charge of the case at the time reopened his files, but it also seems that someone is trying to avenge them. And the police are not idle: there have already been two cases of atrocious murders, staged like a children's fairy tale... For Byrne and Balzano, it's no longer a question of spending Christmas by the fire, but in the flames of Hell...