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La saignée
by Cédric Sire, published on September 29, 2021 by Éditions Fayard noir.
Her favorite quote:
She used to run here every morning for half an hour, rain or shine. A necessity, to get rid of the soot of the dark hours and sweaty bodies. People needed entertainment, cocktails, sex, drugs - whatever made them social animals.
Why this book?
Because Cédric Sire sets out in this novel to dissect
our obsessions and how far they can lead us.
These impulses can be sexual, violent, in the field of work;
whatever their nature, we must manage to master them or integrate them into our life, otherwise they can suddenly exteriorize and harm those around us.
Because this novel explores the code of the thriller
while renewing it: from a routine investigation, strings are drawn revealing intricacies that will lead the police teams to an extraordinary and unprecedented affair.
By exploring the fate of his characters in parallel, Cédric Sire brings us closer and further away from the final twist which will allow all the pieces of the puzzle to be assembled, including through secondary characters more important than initially imagined.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Quentin Falconnier, a police officer specializing in cybercrime, discovers the existence of a red room on the Dark Web where people are tortured and killed live to satisfy voyeurs.
His investigation leads him to Paris where one of his colleagues is working on cases of disappearance.
Characters.
Quentin Falconnier, until the endian who can no longer let go of a case as soon as he has one.
Estel Rochand, former policewoman, removed from the police force because of a blunder, tries to control her violent impulses and tries to break into a macho profession, that of bodyguards.
Places.
Paris and its suburbs, the surroundings of Marseille.
The time.
These days where the criminals who practice on the internet always seem to have a leg up on the police who try to stop them.
The author.
Cédric Sire worked in publishing and journalism before embarking on writing thrillers and thrillers.
He receives many prizes for his works, therefore the prestigious Polar Prize of the Cognac Festival.
This book was read with.
With anguish about what the Dark Web abounds.
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