On a searing, cloudless night in Brussels, Henri Castang witnesses a savage attack. He escapes with his life but his friends do not and Castang decides that thirty years as a Police Inspector are enough. Castang escapes a career that has claimed so many of his friends but even as he holidays in Biarritz, there are inescapable demons, which haunt him. His granddaughter is abducted. A story based on conspiracy and sleaze, Castang is faced with the awful decision of cooperating with those who provoke him. Nicolas Freeling leaves us wondering whether to deal with demons.

Genre: Mystery