Noche (Comandante Servaz, 4)

Of all the criminals he has faced throughout his career, none has aroused in Commander Martin Servaz, a member of the Toulouse Judicial Police, such a degree of horror and loathing as the diabolical Julian Hirtmann. But Servaz's resentment stems not only from the fact that the former Geneva court prosecutor stole his beloved Marianne from him, but also from the fact that Hirtmann, with his perverse methods of psychological torture, seems to have taken possession of his mind, exposing his most intimate passions, from the music of Gustav Mahler to the dark corners of his family life. Unexpectedly, the murder of a young woman in a church in northern Norway offers Servaz the opportunity to confront the abhorrent Hirtmann once again. The crime has mobilized Oslo Police Detective Kirsten Nigaard, whose investigation leads her to a North Sea oil platform. There, she discovers that one of the workers has fled, leaving behind a trail of clues pointing to Commander Servaz. Is it a stroke of luck or a suspicious twist of fate? Unaware of the hidden story beneath the surface of the case, Nigaard travels to France to join Servaz in the hunt for Hirtmann. The relentless pursuit culminates in the depths of a winter night, during which, in a final confrontation, Martin Servaz must risk his life and honor against his most ruthless enemy.