Castang's City

A French detective looks into a public figure's murder-and discovers some private secrets-in a mystery by an author who is "a joy to read" (TheTimes Literary Supplement).

When a local official is gunned down in the street, it looks like a cold-blooded political assassination. But as Inspector Henri Castang investigates-and questions the victim's colleagues and family-it seems the motive might have been closer to home.

The mystery only becomes more tangled when the official's son turns up d...