Detective Lauriant InvestigatesSet in the pastoral ambiance of 1960s France, Detective Lauriant Investigates contains two hardboiled novellas. "Death in a Ditch" delivers Lauriant to Saint Sauveur where he begins the nasty task of piecing together the grisly death of an antiques dealer whose body has been found in a ditch. "Murder in the Vendee" finds Lauriant disgraced and banished to a small, sleepy province where he must solve the mystery of a Count's murder. The obvious suspect

is more urgent than ever

Grotesque murders rock the city like a curse

the boys father

to Captain Joshua Slocum and Butch Cassidy

immaculate' Financial Times

and a high-ranking investigative team is flown in

Hansen is an effective cop

world authority on interrogation techniques

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

an evil power is using ancient runic curses combined with modern technology in a bid to control mankind

Years have passed since humanitys destruction emerged from the Breach

an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion