The second novel in Izzo’s acclaimed
Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the
author’s beloved city, in all its colour and
complexity. Fabio Montale is an unwitting
hero in this city of melancholy beauty.
Fabio Montale has left a police force marred
by corruption, xenophobia, and greed. But
getting out is not going to be so easy. When
his cousin’s son goes missing, Montale is
dragged back onto the mean streets of a
violent, crime-infested Marseilles. To discover
the truth about the boy’s disappearance,
he infiltrates a dangerous underworld of
mobsters, religious fanatics, crooked cops,
and ordinary people whom desperation has
driven to extremes.
