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Audrey Escoin, contributor to the 20 Minutes

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La Capture

 by Nicolas Lebel, published on March 23, 2022 by Éditions du Masque.


His favorite quote:

Who sows blows, reaps vengeance.


Why this book?

  • Because it's Yvonne Chen's return.

    Remember, we met him in

    Le gibier

    .

    Here she is back, ready to get her hands on the Furies… She doesn't have much left to lose, so no matter what means she uses, she wants her revenge.

  • Because the place where Nicolas Lebel sets his plot is a Breton island,

    gloomy, very sparsely populated and which creates a climate of palpable stress in each chapter.

    Chen will fall by surprise on "almost" colleagues, two members of the Central Office for the fight against crimes against humanity (OCLCH).

    In their sights, Father Petrovácz, suspected of horrible crimes.

  • Because Nicolas Lebel gives us an intrigue with drawers,

    full of secrets and discoveries.

    Because despite the seriousness of the facts, he knows how to win a few smiles from his readers.

    Because Chen, totally wry and distant, is just perfect.

    Because, once again, the plot is very well documented and rooted in reality: a sad reality that I let you discover.


The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

 Morguelen.

A funereal name for a Breton island slapped by the winds.

An ideal ground for Lieutenant Chen, launched into a merciless hunt.

In his sights: elusive contract killers, the Furies, goddesses of punishment.

Characters.

 Yvonne Chen, Father Petrovácz, the Furies, members of the OCLCH.

Places.

 The Breton island of Morguélen.

The time.

 From the 1990s to the present day.

The author.

 Born in Paris, an insatiable traveler, Nicolas Lebel has published eight novels, five of which are in the Captain Mehrlicht series.

In 2021, he received the Prix Griffe Noire for the best French detective novel of the year for Le gibier.

This book has always been read with 

the same pleasure of rediscovering the lively and fascinating pen of Nicolas Lebel.

He has the gift of writing real thrillers and having his recognizable universe that I love so much.

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