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A group of malcontents hiding out in the woods.
An abandoned military base with a secretive past.
A disillusioned man uncovering some uncomfortable home truths.

This is the murky world into which Margot Renard is drawn, very much against her will, goaded by a young woman who bears a surprising resemblance to her younger self. The group’s antics...

The murder of a woman, smothered in her own home, sends ripples of disquiet through the streets of Argents-sur-Mer. Who would want to kill a gifted but troubled loner who’d fallen upon hard times?

A link with a cold case brings Margot into the investigation, and joining forces with Captain Bouchard of the Gendarmerie nationale their enquiries...

When the bodies of five men are discovered in a secret vault at the villa Belle Époque, suspicion falls upon the villa’s former owner, enigmatic Pascal Deveraux. Actor, gambler and general good-for-nothing, Pascal has lived a life of privilege and excess. But with no evidence to implicate him in murder, the case goes unsolved.

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“A top-notch mystery from a writer to watch out for.” - Bookish Jottings

Mourning the death of her police inspector husband, Margot Renard moves to a small seaside town in the south of France. But when the body of a young boy washes up on a beach, Margot is drawn into a dangerous world of drug smugglers and people trafficking, and forced to...