ELLE AWARD WINNER 2013#1 BEST SELLER IN FRANCEWith this novel, Mignère finally cemented his reputation as the #1 French thriller and living classic of the genre. His books about Martin Servas have been published in France with a circulation of more than 3 million copies and translated into more than 20 languages, and Netflix has made a series based on them.From a psychiatric clinic lost in the mountains, where the most dangerous psychopaths, maniacs and serial killers, the most dangerous of them escaped - Julian Girtman. For a year and a half, he did not make himself felt. But one day, in the small elite town of Marsac in southwestern France, an unknown criminal brutally and subtly kills a local lyceum teacher. All traces point to Girtman's participation in this nightmare, his individual style is visible in everything. However, Major Servas, who is investigating this murder, gradually begins to suspect that the evidence pointing to Girtman is just a fiction, a well-staged gloomy performance, the purpose of which is to confuse him, Martin Servas, and put him on the wrong track. But who is doing this performance? Girtman himself, who always gravitated towards risky games, or is someone skillfully copying a maniac? no worse than Stephen King in his best novels.Daily MailOver the past few years, France has given the world a number of excellent mystery writers. Bernard Minier is one of the best.”Sunday Times