THERE ARE CASES THAT ARE BURIED A LONG TIME AGO AND THERE ARE SOME FRESH EVIDENCES THAT SHOW THE CRIME. THERE IS ONLY NO BODY.
There are dangerous storms over CheĆmĆŒa and there is an unbearable heat in August. In a forest clearing near the lake, Bernard Gross the police Commissioner finds an empty, bloody tent. Gradually, he discovers much more signs of blood around it.
Everything points to a brutal crime that a young woman may have been the victim. The trouble is that Gross has no hooking point. There is no victim's body, no murder weapon and no perpetrator of the crime. There are too many unknowns and too many misleading clues to follow in order to find the terrifying truth in the thickening darkness. The truth that will reveal the family secret hidden many years ago.
Cover of the first edition.