Used book – L'Ombre, Franck Ollivier

A priest in the United States, exfiltrated to Rome, exiled to Indonesia, Patrick Hollmann committed a series of barbaric murders before being arrested and executed. Twenty years after his death, a mutilated body in the California mountains revives his memory. Is it an imitator or rather a disciple who committed this atrocious act? Special Agent Michelle Ventura turns to Nicholas Foster, a famous writer and profiler who has become an FBI consultant. Fascinated by Hollmann, he drew on the clergyman's thoughts to dissect the mechanics of the crime. But to what extent? Between horror and the sublime, Franck Ollivier, a French screenwriter accustomed to American methods, explores the fascination with evil in a remarkable thriller.

L'Ombre is a major thriller. Chilling. Relentless. Masterful. Jean-Christophe Grangé.

A debut novel full of sustained tension and maintained ambiguity. The missing link between The Silence of the Lambs and Crime and Punishment. Fascinating. La Voix du Nord.