Inspector Antoine Malherbe, a respected investigator, is confronted with a series of sordid murders in which the victims are cut up with surgical precision. As the investigation progresses, the clues lead him to his own brother, Paul, whom he finally kills thinking he has stopped the killer. However, when new murders with the same modus operandi appear, Malherbe realizes that the real perpetrator is still at large. Caught up in a spiral of doubt and confusion, he delves into his family's past, exploring the troubled relationships and well-kept secrets of his own family. Beyond the arrest and resounding trial, the novel explores themes of mind control, psychological manipulation, and the inability of the human spirit to escape the shadows of the past. "Crimes Sans Visage" is a gripping psychological thriller that questions the fine line between reason and madness, and the elusive nature of evil.
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