Skeletons in the Closet

'His brutal best' - New York Times<BR><BR>A girl is missing, leaving no leads, no hope, no point - it's just the case for Eugène Tarpon. <BR><BR>Tarpon is sleeping in his office once again, when he's offered a job he's too broke to refuse. A distant relative wants him to investigate her daughter's disappearance. The police have given up already, but Tarpon is too much of a gentleman to brush the old lady off. And when something smells off, he's not a man who can stop digging. <BR><BR>Skeletons in the Closet takes the bruised and boozy detective of No Room at the Morgue even deeper into the wreckage of modern France. Manchette exposes a world where justice is hollow and decency is just another dead end. <BR><BR>PRAISE FOR JEAN-PATRICK MANCHETTE<BR><BR>'Writing so dark it gives a new meaning to the word noir' - Frederick Méziès<BR><BR>'We must revere him now and rediscover him this very instant' - James Ellroy<BR><BR>'A comedic genius...I read and reread him, stunned, appalled, and laughing out loud' - Rachel Kushner