Used book – Soleil levant, Alexandre Galien

Philippe Valmy's ultimate investigation "The setting was soft, almost too soft. On the edge of the bed, the tanto still mocked him. Giri Haji. It was time... His last articulated thought would be neither for his wife, nor for his daughter, nor even for his vices. Around his shirt, he had tightened his belt. His entrails must not fall out. He placed the dagger to the left of his abdomen, making a diagonal cut. A cry from the depths of the earth escaped him. Before he could finish his ritual, his face crashed against the ground. Giri..."

Determined to put an end to his painful past, Philippe Valmy rejoins his team for an investigation that takes them from a Parisian luxury hotel to the red-light districts of Tokyo. But this sprawling case might just be one too many for the heartbroken cop...