Bed of nails / Antonin Varenne ; translated from the French by Siân Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varenne, Antonin, 1973-

Contributor:

Reynolds, Siân.

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Standardized Title:

Fakirs. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paris (France)--Fiction.

Paris (France).

France--Paris.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

244 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : MacLehose Press, 2014.

Summary:

"When John Nichols arrives to identify the body of an old friend, he is immediately caught up in the detritus of Alan Musgrave's life, the side of Paris the tourists don't see, where everyone has a past but very few count on a future. But what can he expect from a man who bled to death in his own excruciating S&M stage show? Now there's a maverick police lieutenant on the prowl who thinks that Musgrave's suicide was murder. Guérin might not look like much, but he's one of the few honest officers on the force. As the horrific extent of police abuse is revealed, the race is on to find the link between a slew of recent suicides--and the key to it is buried deep in Nichols's past."--Publisher website.

Notes:

"Originally published in France as Fakirs by Êditions Viviane Hamy in 2009"--T.p. verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781623651251

1623651255

OCLC:

894333997

Publisher Number:

99963115311