The Assassins of the Dawn, by Michel Bussi: murders in Guadeloupe

Michel Bussi's new title is inspired by a poem by Aimé Césaire, New Goodness: “There is no question of handing over the world to the dawn assassins.” However, the setting is not Martinique where Césaire was mayor of Fort-de-France for more than half a century, but its neighbor, Guadeloupe.

First pages: Sunday April 7, 2024, Jacob Santamaria, a real estate magnate, one of the richest people in the West Indies, 60 years old, is found murdered at dawn, a diving harpoon stuck in his chest. It will be the same for Audrey Colombel, a young adventurer, and Chaïma Sadji, a 27-year-old party girl, who is waiting for her lover contacted on the Badoo site; they will be found in heavenly places on the island – a waterfall, a mangrove and a dream beach. Each time, the crime is accompanied by a staging, a ritual. Thus the heavy body of Jacob Santamaria was lifted and mounted to the top of the slave steps, a place of memory, with a map: «Anatole…