Publisher's Synopsis
"Beautiful newcomer Elle has turned the head of every man in the village. But it's Fiorimond, the local mechanic, who wants her more. After just one date she moves in with him and his family. As Fiorimond starts to wonder if he's doing the right thing, he has no idea that Elle is planning to avenge a terrible crime from the past. Told in four interacting and overlapping voices, this shattering noir thriller from the master of the genre weaves a chilling tale of passion, destruction, crime, and punishment. Set in the 1970s and available in English again for the first time in decades, this is a true classic of French suspense"--.
