I Killed Them All

“I killed them all” — that’s all a half-dead, terrified man says as he voluntarily comes to the gendarmerie of a village in Upper Savoy and presents a list of four names. Four victims, about whom little is known and... whom no one can find. This strange case must be investigated by Maxim Monceau — a gendarme by profession, a synergologist by education, a specialist in nonverbal communication, and a former member of a sect he despises, the memories of which still haunt him to this day. Maxim has just returned from a two-month leave, which he was ordered to take due to emotional burnout, but he hasn’t had the chance to recover, struggling to endure the world around him and still teetering on the thin line between rage and despair. Meanwhile, the terrified man who brought the gendarmes a list of his victims utters not a word more — he doesn’t explain how and why he killed these four, doesn’t say where their bodies are, not even revealing his name. And time is running out, and if no solid evidence is found, the terrified man will soon be released from custody, and perhaps he will kill someone else... Once a drummer and guitarist, now a successful publisher and a popular author of detective stories, thrillers, and suspense novels, French writer Florian Denisson tells a twisted tale where nothing is as it seems — including the bloody murders.