corpses in the clutches of history

This historical thriller begins with a macabre discovery, that of a lifeless woman found scarred in a square in the third arrondissement of Paris, before plunging its roots to the heart of the French Revolution. Its plot then takes the reader into a bloody labyrinth, haunted by a psychopath, from which no one can emerge unscathed.

Featuring a taciturn Parisian commissioner of Lebanese origin and his faithful assistant who is as petulant as he is intellectual, a hypermnesic gendarme or even a journalist fed up with the news who furiously reminds us of its author, Code La Fayettethe first novel by Frédéric Picard, editor-in-chief at Figarooffers an immersion into a very controlled criminal universe, punctuated by murders and enigmas. This millimeter trail game was the result of five years of research and writing.

“Contemporary crimes are intertwined with the spirit of the Enlightenment”

Throughout a key investigation where conspiracies, sex and mischief intertwine, the protagonists explore behind the scenes…