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Le Figaro's selection of the best crime novels of May

2023-05-17T14:07:31.878Z

Highlights: Rouge Karma, byJean-Christophe Grangé: under the cobblestones, the carnage. Less than two years after Les Promises, his first historical thriller, set in Nazi Germany. This time, the story is still there since the plot of Rouge karma begins during the events of May 1968 in Paris. A student is found naked, in a yoga position, wickedly mutilated. The criminal brigade is mobilized since it is his half-brother, Hervé, who discovered the body.


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Rouge Karma, byJean-Christophe Grangé: under the cobblestones, the carnage

What an energy! What a breath! What an imagination! Less than two years after Les Promises, his first historical thriller, set in Nazi Germany, Jean-Christophe Grangé is back. This time, the story is still there since the plot of Rouge karma begins during the events of May 1968 in Paris. A Paris of fire and blood in which we follow young students up against the Gaullist France, some furious elements, an undercover policeman and his half-brother in love with some oilwomen. Grangé chooses this chaotic Paris to introduce the crime that will take the reader on board. A student is found naked, in a yoga position, wickedly mutilated. Jean-Louis, the undercover cop, a tough guy very limited in his methods, making the punch on the side of the leftists without forcing himself, even taking a certain pleasure, must return to earth. The criminal brigade is mobilized since it is his half-brother, Hervé, who discovered the body...

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