The start of the novel has nice imagery that lets the reader know that something is wrong. But I find the listing of what is around the character and the showing of the characters actions to be a bit boring. I also think that the pacing is too fast and we skip around a lot. The tale really begins when a murder occurs and the only clue is a tarot card that has a picture of a hanged man stuffed into the chest pocket of the dead man's jacket. The author also has wonderful cliffhangers or endings to the chapters as they always leave the reader on the edge of their seat. I find the writing itself to be dry and not really have a lot of prose. You can also tell in the beginning that this is going to be a violent and gruesome tale as the characters curse and the mystery gets heated rather quickly. The story itself takes place in Pairs in 2002. Paul Mazarelle, who is an inspector takes on the case and tries to find who the real killer is.