Dead Behind the Eyes : A slickly plotted murder mystery set in France's Loire Valley

An engrossing, slickly plotted policier that will leave you wanting more'�TOM BENJAMIN, author of the Daniel Leicester mysteriesA HEADLESS MAN. A MISSING GIRL. A LIFE RULED BY SECRETS. When a decapitated body washes up on the banks of the River Loire in the ancient city of Tours, the reluctant�juge d'instruction�Matthieu Lombard is brought in to lead the investigation. But when Lombard's young niece appears, the inquiry changes course. Suddenly immersed in another world - one of eco-terrorism, bio-medical research, French aristocracy and the violent forgotten underbelly of society - Lombard begins to make unexpected connections. Can the brutal murder of a lonely man really be justified by a noble cause? Or are good intentions hiding darker motives, more cynical and more deadly?The second book in the gripping new crime series from The Times-bestselling author of Death and Croissants