Résumé : A paperback edition of this very successful debut novel. This thriller weaves together three stories of international intrigue. Firstly, an American doctor is forced to confront, and ultimately avenge, his father's murder. Secondly, a police officer, renowned for seeking out the truth behind any act of murder, has a case with seven headless bodies and not one suspect. And finally, an international organisation which has connections in the highest political places finalises an apocalyptic masterplan. Set in Paris, London and Berlin this book "begins at a cracking pace and then maintains it for another 500 pages." >The Times<