Dirty War, Dominique Sylvain

"A small gem of an ultra-realistic thriller about political and financial scandals in the arms industry." Le Point

"– It's Africa right in the heart of Colombes, boss. Connoisseurs call it the Père Lebrun torture. A technique popular in Haiti during the time of the Tonton Macoutes."

Florian Vidal, a lawyer specializing in Franco-African relations, Richard Gratien's favorite, and a key figure in Françafrique for the arms sector, was brutally murdered: burned alive near a swimming pool, with a flaming tire around his neck. Five years earlier, Toussaint Kidjo, Lola's assistant – of French father and Congolese mother – had been murdered in exactly the same way. Devastated by this unsolved murder, the former commissioner of the 10th arrondissement had taken early retirement.

The link between the two cases is undeniable. However, faced with the stakes and the circles involved, Lola and her American friend, Ingrid Diesel, concede and resign themselves to collaborating with Sacha Duguin, who has become a Commander in the Crim'...

This novel was voted best French thriller of 2011 by the editorial staff of Lire magazine.