Used book – A Great Deliverance, Elizabeth George, Nathalie Serval

The 21st investigation of Inspector Lynley and his loyal colleague, Barbara Havers.

Teo Bontempi, a member of a squad fighting violence against women, is found murdered in her home. Thomas Lynley and his deputies, Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata, lead the investigation and discover that the police officer, of Nigerian origin, had been circumcised in her childhood – a trauma that led to her vocation. Teo was also interested in a clinic she suspected of performing medicalized genital mutilation. As the heatwave stirs up emotions, Lynley and his team will have to venture into a field fraught with interracial tensions, and overcome their own prejudices to discover the truth.

"A powerful and addictive story that lifts the veil on a taboo and sends shivers down your spine." Femme actuelle.

"The crime genre at its best!" Le Journal du dimanche "A vivid indictment." Libération