La escritura de Anna Jaquiery profundiza en el intrincado tapiz de las intersecciones culturales y la búsqueda de identidad, reflejando su propio viaje peripatético. Su estilo se caracteriza por su calidad lírica y profundidad introspectiva, explorando frecuentemente temas de desarraigo y pertenencia. Apareciendo en diversas publicaciones literarias, su obra resuena con los lectores por su honestidad emocional y su lenguaje evocador. Jaquiery captura magistralmente las complejidades de la experiencia humana en un mundo cada vez más interconectado.
Paris; in the stifling August heat, Commandant Serge Morel is called to a disturbing crime scene. An elderly woman has been murdered to the soundtrack of Faures Requiem, her body then grotesquely displayed. At first this strange case seems to offer few clues; and Morel has problems of his own.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia; the rainy season. When a French man, Hugo Quercy, is found brutally murdered, Commandant Serge Morel finds his holiday drawn to an abrupt halt. Quercy - dynamic, well-connected - was the magnetic head of a humanitarian organisation which looked after the area's neglected youth. Opening his investigation, the Parisian detective soon finds himself buried in one of his most challenging cases yet.