L'Assassin

Literate crime thrillers don''t get much better than this. —Publishers Weekly (starred review)From the critically acclaimed author of Le Crime published in hardcover as A French Country Murder comes this electrifying sequel featuring former CIA operative Louis Morgon and his partner-in-crime-solving Jean Renard the gendarme of their small French village.Louis Morgon is living a quiet life of good food good wine and good friends. When his house is burglarized he thinks nothing of it. But the burglar and the motive for the burglary are not as simple as they seem. And the consequences of the seemingly trivial break-in will lead Louis and his loved ones to the end of the earth---and quite possibly to the end of their lives.