Affairs of State

Dominique Manotti is back on form with a tale of intrigue and corruption. A call-girl whose black book lists her elite international clients is found murdered in an underground garage; a plane bound for Iran laden with illegal arms disappears from the skies over Turkey, and the president's closest adviser Bornard, head of a controversial Elysee security unit, manipulates the system with consummate ease - and illegality. Until the day when rookie investigator Noria Ghozali determines to untangle the threads which bind these events together. In doing so she penetrates the Elysee's innermost system, confronts the workings of money and corruption within government, and in the process is forced to combat the institutional - and overt - racism which repeatedly stalls her.

ISBN 1906413495   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781906413491 (What's this?)   Pages 206 Publisher Arcadia Books   Weight (grammes) 249 Imprint Arcadia Books   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 12 Jan 2009   Width (mm) 129 Translator Amanda Hopkinson, Ros Schwartz   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 843.92   Academic level General

'Another excellent French crime writer to set alongside Fred Vargas' Publishing News 'Seamlessly integrates a fine crime story with an equally convincing grip on the character of the northern landscape' Judges of the CWA Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Award 'Gets under the skin in a way that has rarely been so compelling, and certainly never sexier' Cary Gee, Tribune

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