A French thriller that does not blush!

Mirror is a novel that plays on several table, without the reader does not know where he is. If I had the metaphor introduced by the author and the title, I would say that reading this novel is like watching his reflection in the shards of a broken mirror: what we know them to the sample there will be a picture consistent, but when looking at like that, one has a feeling of "abnormality" of several ideas ... disturbing and very effective.

This is the story of a cop, Axiandre, a killer, Alexander, and secondary characters that bring their experiences without being comes to relate texts to each other. What can connect an abused child and an escort? The question will arise until the final pages of the novel. Even if the player will be warned some tracks somewhere before the final revelation, the author's control really outstanding.

The plot itself keeps us on our toes so it is rather efficient and unsuspecting long. I must admit that the end was a bit disappointed paradoxically even if it is frankly well-found, original and matches the body of the novel. I tell myself that maybe this is the least credible in history, is that "in real life" we would not be doubted more than that? (Those who read the very end of the novel will include "more than that"). Anyway it works well.

Side character if I enjoyed Ines in his way and Nicolas I found moving to possible Axiandre left me completely cold. I had no sympathy for her. Alexander, the killer is too intangible to me that I could make a better idea, but luckily he was there to give us his thoughts.

Write side, still some weaknesses that are typical of detective novels written by the French, but the author was not ashamed of his work and can present it proudly. There is a lot of work, it shows, and the author is a good storyteller. It works, it is caught in the game, and Alick can claim to equal the best-known authors of detective novels.