Bernard Minier, a former customs official, grew up in the foothills of the French Pyrenees. His novels, often set against stark landscapes, delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche and the tension between good and evil. Minier excels at crafting atmosphere and suspense, drawing readers into gripping narratives. His work has garnered international acclaim, praised for its psychological depth and chilling realism.
When a woman finds a suicide note in her mailbox, she can't imagine that it has anything to do with her. And yet it signals the end of her own life... but who is her enemy? Only Commandant Martin Servaz can find out...
They find the boy by the swimming pool, dolls floating on its surface. Inside the house, his teacher lies dead. But he claims to remember nothing...Marsac is a quiet town in the Pyrenees, best known for its elite university. But when one of its professors is murdered, it becomes clear that the tranquil surface is a lie. The chief suspect is the son of Commandant Servaz's university sweetheart; and when she implores him to investigate, he cannot refuse. To close the case, Servaz must delve into his own past and re-open old and terrible wounds. It will be his most dangerous - and his most personal - investigation yet. A Song for Drowned Souls is the new novel by international bestseller Bernard Minier, author of The Frozen Dead, which was selected by The Sunday Times as one of the best crime novels in recent years.
Saint-Martin-de-Comminges is a beautiful small town nestling in the Pyrenees: the knid of place where nothing happens. Until one winter morning, when a group of workers discover the body of a horse, hanging suspended from a frozen cliff. Toulouse city cop Servaz can't believe he's been told to investigate the death of an animal. But there's something disturbing about the crime he can't ignore.
From the country that brought you the word noir, the thrilling new novel in the bestselling Commandant Servaz series
June 2010. In the middle of a World Cup match, Martin Servaz receives a call from a long-lost lover. A few miles away, in the town of Marsac, classics professor Claire Diemar has been brutally murdered. As if that weren’t disturbing enough, Servaz receives a cryptic e-mail indicating that Julian Hirtmann, the most twisted of all serial killers, is back . . . and hitting a little too close to home. With death and chaos surrounding the small university town in southern France, where he was once a student and where his daughter is now enrolled, Servaz must act quickly. With the help of detectives Ziegler and Espérandieu, Servaz will have to uncover a world of betrayal and depravity to connect the dots between the gruesome murders that keep reopening wounds from his past. Bernard Minier plunges readers once again into a perfectly constructed, dark, and oppressive atmosphere, driven forward by a gripping plot, pushing the limits of the genre.
"Je crois que quelqu'un est en train d'agir comme s'il se prenait pour Dieu..." Un appel au secours au milieu de la nuit Une vallée coupée du monde Une abbaye pleine de secrets Une forêt mystérieuse Une série de meurtres épouvantables Une population terrifiée qui veut se faire justice Un corbeau qui accuse Une communauté au bord du chaos Une nouvelle enquête de Martin Servaz (Payot)
