Book Overview
As a former soldier, private investigator Jean Legarec is used to high stakes and sharpshooters. But he doesn't realize what he's getting into when he agrees to investigate the disappearance of six-year-old Alexandre, the grandson of a highly influential French politician. For a million euros, Legarec launches a dangerous search that will dig deep into some of the darkest corners of European history. With the help of the boy's beautiful aunt, B atrice, he uncovers evidence of a modern-day terrorist plot rooted in a long-buried enterprise of the Third Reich. From Paris to Malta to the Vosges forest, a cast of witnesses--including a death camp survivor and former mercenaries--help Legarec piece together a terrifying truth. Yet even then, the PI worries that his own dark past and his undeniable attraction to B atrice might be clouding the investigation. Can he put the personal aside in order to do his job? And can he free an innocent child from a web of absolute evil? This description may be from another edition of this product.
