Reading for pleasure
Advanced search

In The Shadow of the Wolf

An out-of-the-mould cop tracks, step by step, the shadow of the wolf…
Some cases drag you out of apathy…

In Rennes, the new police detective Hubert Grimm takes on an all-absorbing case and becomes obsessed with his investigation : a prominent figure, the unpleasant and scornful Mr Kerdegat, is receiving anonymous phone calls and letters. Then a man on a moped is hanging outside his house and seems to be tracking his every move and word.

Until the day when Kerdegat’s employee discovers a dismembered body on the doorstep of the family home. The severed head is nowhere to be found…

The investigation takes a terrifying turn. Hubert Grimm starts to uncover the complex background to what was in the beginning a simple case of anonymous calls and letters: a sadomasochistic club, coded messages, sinister smokescreens. And a family torn apart.

A single case terrifying a whole town…
A masterly and unputdownable thriller

Olivier Merle was born in Rennes in 1956. University lecturer and novelist, he is the author of “Libre d’aimer”, published by XO Editions.

FOLLOW ALL OUR NEWS

By continuing your browsing on this site, you accept the use of cookies in order to obtain traffic statistics. Read more about it