This novel required many months of research in collaboration with detectives, inspectors and collaborators of Interpol. Two elements triggered my desire to unveil this shameful and degrading flaw in our society in order to provoke the popular reactions necessary to put an end to it: a small article in a newspaper which stated that a judge was suspected of covering up certain pedophile magistrates was the first prompt …
Then, some time later, a very raw documentary about the confessions of a young pimp that explained how he had been recruited to kill smugglers who did not do their job well, thereby endangering a known mafia network. The police confirmed something terrifying: when they went to his home, a half-eaten meal was still on the table, as if the person had been there only minutes previously. It made my blood run cold at the time …
Note that if the end is romanticized in terms of form, the substance is true, showing the mantra and methods of the time, with the main aim being to “avoid a scandal”.
Since this story is based on real facts, a little reworked for the novel, I was therefore slightly constrained in my writing because I wanted it to be as close to reality as possible. This novel is the only one to dissect the mechanisms employed to this day by such networks to continue their practices and to hide perfectly… in plain sight.
I hope you enjoy reading the two volumes.