Bed of nails
By: Antonin Varenne ; translated from the French by Siân Reynolds
Contributors: Reynolds, Sian
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781623651251; 9781623656539
Subjects: Fiction
Work titles: Fakirs
Description: "When John Nichols arrives to identify the body of an old friend, he is immediately caught up in the detritus of Alan Musgrave's life, the side of Paris the tourists don't see, where everyone has a past but very few count on a future. But what can he expect from a man who bled to death in his own excruciating S & M stage show? Now there's a maverick police lieutenant on the prowl who thinks that Musgrave's suicide was murder. Guérin might not look like much, but he's one of the few honest officers on the force. As the horrific extent of police abuse is revealed, the race is on to find the link between a slew of recent suicides--and the key to it is buried deep in Nichols's past."--Publisher website.
Notes: "Originally published in France as Fakirs by Êditions Viviane Hamy in 2009"--Title page verso.