Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
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Edition 37 (1985) awardWork: Meurtres pour mémoire
Set against the police repression of Algerian demonstrators in Paris on 17 October 1961, this political crime novel follows Inspector Cadin's investigation into the murder of history teacher Roger Thiraud. Violence from the past and the forces that conceal it shape the present case.
The investigation through Paris's past leads to the long-suppressed massacre of 17 October 1961.
215 pagesmemory of French colonialismthe 17 October 1961 Paris massacrestate violence and concealmenthistory and criminal investigation