Dominique Manotti

This is a very exciting thriller that moves in different social milieus. On the one hand money laundering and on the other the drug cartel. It's also about nasty politicians, obedient chief officials and prostitution.
The drug trade is about horse owners who are not afraid to kill live animals. The weaknesses of individuals are deliberately made use of in order to be able to blackmail them at the same time so that the powerful can not be brought down.
The only one who can not be blackmailed, even if it is tried again and again, is Commissaire Daquin, who is open to his homosexuality. But the evildoers are not aware of that.… (más)

It seemed to have so many things going for it. It was winner of the top French mystery award- Grand Prix de Littérature Policièr and the CWA International Dagger. Written in France of course, it had come up in the auto recommendations from a book I had enjoyed, offbeat, noir...

Almost put it down at page 21. Gave it a little more time to page 67 ... skip to last few pages, read the end ... um...glad I skipped through. I think it must have won the awards because of the implicit condemnation of business and government corruption. In that context it had a believable plot. It lacked though, any sympathetic characters that I could se or any evocation of place or culture.

Don't think I'll be going back for more.… (más)