A harrowing tragedy in a region steeped in history: Tori Godon’ second case
When former lawyer Tori Godon is rudely awakened in the middle of the night, the sky over the small town of Belleville at the foot of the Cévennes is aglow a dirty red color. Fire: for centuries, it has marked the landscape and people of the Vivarais region. Here, where countless mulberry trees once stood during the golden age of silkworm breeding, the wind now chases flames over the mountains and plains. Next to the charred remains of a trailer on a high plain, Tori finds the body of a dog. Its owner, the Swiss man Franco Jeger, has disappeared without a trace. Tori sets off in search of him. At her side: her own dog, July, and the former narcotics agent Nico. When she receives an anonymous threat, is shot at and another fire claims yet more victims, Tori suspects that paradise has collapsed.
"Nobody describes this ambience as colourful and vibrant, as charming and full of empathy for the wild landscape and the local population of the Cévennes as Anne Chaplet."
– Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on In tiefen Schluchten
