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Sometimes the law fails… When a random mugging leads to a string of murders, Daniel Jacquot’s first case as a Chief Inspector with the Marseilles Judiciaire looks like it might be his last. No clues, no leads, no suspects… Just a missing briefcase, a rising body count, and the city’s privileged elite ranged against him. It’s time for Jacquot to test his mettle. " If you want to read a first-class thriller, you will do no better than this. Highly recommended." Goodreads "Jacquot is top of le cops." The Daily Express "Rich, spicy, and served up with unmistakeable relish." The Literary Review "Tall and tough, smart and sexy, Jacquot is…

Five years out of the Marseilles Judiciaire, Daniel Jacquot is happily retired, bringing up his two daughters on a beach in the Caribbean. But when an old friend pays an unexpected visit, retirement rapidly becomes a battle for survival...

So you think you know what's going to happen…? A Russian arms dealer is on the run. He has money, he has secrets, and powerful enemies who want him dead. Three hired guns are sent to track him down and kill him. They find him in Marseilles where Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot is investigating a series of deadly knife attacks. As Christmas approaches and Jacquot closes on the killer, his pregnant lover, Claudine, is rushed to hospital. Jacquot hurries to her bedside, but he soon discovers that a hospital is not the safest place to be. Jacquot may be off duty, and about to become a father, but for a cop in Marseilles Christmas is…

Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot has been enjoying the quiet life in a peaceful Provencal village. A former rugby international, who once scored the winning try against England at Twickenham, Jacquot sports a trademark ponytail and loves food, wine - and one woman, artist Claudine. Now, however, he must leave her to go to Paris, where Marseilles Magistrate, Solange Bonnefoy's niece has been abducted. As the trail of violence and corruption leads Jacquot back to the ancient seaport, with its bloody history of slave trafficking, another utterly shocking and unexpected murder sets the investigation galloping in a wholly new direction and Jacquot…

When you're a cop in Marseilles, threats of violence and revenge go with the territory. Usually they come to nothing, but when friends and colleagues start turning up dead it soon becomes clear that someone from Jacquot's past has a score to settle and intends to see it through. But this killer is different. To sweeten the revenge, and cause the greatest pain, it's always the target's nearest and dearest who die. When Jacquot discovers that he's in the firing line, he knows that unless he can track down the killer then someone he loves will pay the ultimate price.

In 1972 a gold bullion convoy is hijacked in Marseilles. The security trucks and hijackers are swiftly rounded up, but a ton of gold has disappeared. More than twenty years later, Daniel Jacquot receives an unexpected gift from an old fisherman. At the same time, a Marseilles lawyer called Claude Dupont receives an equally unexpected gift from a dying gangland boss. Both gifts point the way to the missing gold and pit Jacquot and Dupont against the Polineaux and Duclos familles, two of the oldest and most feared crime syndicates on the Cote d'Azur. When the Marseilles police become involved following a series of gruesome murders, the…

When dark jealousies surface on the French Riviera during a Rugby team reunion, Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot suspects that someone is out for revenge. Marc Dombasle is a successful businessman and multi-millionaire. He was also the captain of the French Rugby team that beat England at Twickenham twenty years earlier. To mark the anniversary of this celebrated victory, Dombasle organises a reunion for the members of the winning team. When Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot receives his invitation to attend the party he is reluctant to indulge in past victories, but an old friend persuades him and he makes his way to the millionaire's sumptuous…

Старинная французская баллада, превратившаяся в наши дни в жуткую явь... Несколько женщин убиты маньяком, оставляющим чудовищно изуродованные тела своих жертв в воде. Полиция, ведущая расследование, путается в бесчисленных версиях - а кровавые деяния преступника продолжаются. К расследованию подключается опытный детектив Жако. Он убежден: необходимо понять, как убийца заманивает в свои сети столь разных женщин и втирается к ним в доверие. Точный психологический портрет маньяка - ключ к разгадке дела.