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Goat Song
by Chantal Pelletier

 Goat Song
Cover Design: Killian Strong

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The naked bodies of a star male dancer and a beautiful young girl have been found entwined together, murdered in a dressing room of the Moulin Rouge. A junkie is killed in a nearby flat, his throat chewed open, the teeth-marks human.

Seemingly unconnected, these deaths form part of a sinister pattern involving crack dealers and addicts, wild sex parties and shady property deals.

In charge of both investigations is Maurice Laice. Depressed by what is happening to his beloved Montmartre and exhausted by the emptiness of his love life, Maurice is plagued by a female boss who bombards him with tales of her sexual exploits. Yet they make a good team, each obsessed for different reasons by the crimes at hand.

Together, they start to uncover a twisted trail of fear and broken dreams, greed and revenge that reaches from Corsica and Algeria into the very heart of old Paris.

Author Information
Chantal Pelletier, born in Lyon, began her career as an actor. She founded a theatre company in Paris and is the author of novels, essays, plays and film scripts. It is not unusual to find her engaged simultaneously...

The Translator
Ian Monk lives in France. He has translated a number of literary thrillers including four novels by Daniel Pennac and the best-selling novels 'The Blood-Red Rivers' and 'The Stone Council' by J-C Grangé.

Praise for Goat Song
''Chantal Pelletier is a wonderful story teller; she captures your heart in three short sentences...'' Le Monde

''Tender yet ferocious, Pelletier is a lady in black to be treated with respect.'' Le Canard Enchainé

Internet links
Pelletier website
chantalpelletier.free.fr/

Pelletier-Lire review of Goat Song
www.lire.fr/ critique.asp/ idC=36157/ idR=219/ idTC=3/ idG=2

Pelletier-Trends in European crime writing
www.britishcouncil.org/ arts-literature-matters-european-jakubowski.htm

Pelletier-Biography and bibliography
auteurs.arald.org/ biogr/ Pelletier1949.html

Chantal Pelletier blog
chantalpelletier.hautetfort.com/


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