Picardie, 1963. In the dead of night a truck drops a group of illegal workers by a deserted stretch of canal - days later, one of them is found stabbed to death and Inspector Lucas Rocco has a new case to solve. Trawling the Algerian community for information is a sensitive issue, one that terrifies his bosses who force Rocco to tread carefully. Too carefully for Rocco's liking. To add to his problems, amongst the illegal immigrants is a young woman on the run from her brutal gangster husband, Samir Farek - a man with a big agenda: to take over as gang lord in Paris, and willing to dispose of anyone who gets in his way...
- ISBN13 9780749040635
- Publish Date 1 April 2012 (first published 1 August 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Allison & Busby
- Format Paperback
- Pages 416
- Language English