The Dark Angel: A Diesel And Jost Investigation

Description

On the one hand, there's Lola. She's a grumpy retired police commissioner who cannot go a day without her best friend: red wine. On the other hand, there's Ingrid, an American girl in love with Paris. She gives massages all day long and does stripteases at night. When a local girl is murdered - her body mutilated in the most cruel and unusual manner - suspicion falls on Maxime Duchamp, a charming restaurateur whose suave exterior hides a tragic past. Convinced of his innocence - persuaded in no small part by his magnetic appeal - Lola and Ingrid hit the streets to unmask the real killer, one whose gruesome methods are inspired by a morbid obsession with Japanese manga imagery.

Awards

Winner of Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle: Categorie Policier (Elle Readers Grand Prize: Crime) 2005.

Author description

Dominique Sylvain worked as a journalist in Paris before relocating to Asia where she lived for spells in Japan and Singapore. She is the author of thirteen crime novels and now lives once more in Tokyo where she writes full-time. Nick Caistor's translations include The Buenos Aires Quintet by Manuel Vazquez Montalban and works by Eduardo Mendoza, Juan Marse and Alan Pauls.