Provence is more generally associated with Impressionist scenery, glorious food and wine, and escapism for expatriates of all nationalities, rather than murder. But Norman Bogner changes all that in his gruesome but entertaining tale of mayhem set in this most picturesque region of France. Jennifer Bowen, a young professor of art history, is thrilled to have been hired by Adam Gold, one of the most successful TV producers in America, to keep an eye on his spoiled 19-year-old daughter, Maddle, while she studies French in Aix-en-Provence. And Jennifer is glad to get Maddle away from the influence of Boy, Maddle's boyfriend and ex-con. But Jennifer never imagines the lengths to which Maddle will go to get what she wants. And what she wants is Boy.
Boy is also in Provence, and he weaves the willing Maddle into a depraved erotic web of murder and destruction as he seizes his chance to get closer to his beautiful heiress.

'Norman Bogner has drawn extraordinary portraits of two young psychopathic killers who are all too frighteningly real. Well written and skilfully plotted.' Barbara Taylor Bradford
'Norman Bogner has created a remarkable detective and one of the most perverse, frightening villains in contemporary fiction. I couldn't put it down.' Harold Bobbins

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'The Queen of Crime. Los Angeles Daily News

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'The reigning king of the traditional tough-yet-tender style of crime novel. Estleman expertly manipulates a complex plot.' Publishers Weekly
'Sharp and energetic, tough and funny ... a joy from start to finish.' Chicago Tribune
'Amos Walker is dauntless, incorruptible, and underpaid ... just what a private eye should be.' Newsday
'At the top of the class ... Estleman's colourful characters, crackling dialogue, rich plot, authentic Detroit setting, and throwaway humour work very well.' Publishers Weekly

Fairfax Rhys, a film stuntman, is flying a friend's Alouette helicopter up the Gotthard Pass early one morning, when he sees a Porsche and an E-Type Jaguar apparently racing on the road below. Suddenly the two cars collide on a bridge and the Jaguar plummets to the river bank below. Fairfax lands the helicopter and is able to pull out the seemingly dead driver from the wreckage, before the car is engulfed in flames.
During the course of this rescue, the Porsche driver starts shooting at Fairfax, and this encounter leads to a desperate chase across Switzerland. Fairfax's life is in constant danger as he seeks to uncover a sinister plot with worldwide implications.

It had all begun in the most ordinary way: eight friends getting together for drinks and a companiable evening. It was not to last. Long before the evening was over there occurred the dreadful happening that was to shatter the remnants of their peace and breed deep and lasting suspicions. But that was years ago and all in the past. Much of the horror has receded and the remaining seven old friends are getting on with their lives.
Or are they? Now, eleven years later, new horrors are taking place. Inexplicably, one by one, those old friends are dying. In this intriguing and dramatic novel Bernard Taylor has created a story that will grip the reader from the first page to the last.