Since opponent, dEmmanuel Carrère, no story based on a news item that does mavait passionate points. With three levels of narration (what sest spent in 1979 while still under murder, the investigation police 10 years later when the crime is discovered, the recent efforts of the author to find traces of these investigations or complete), the book is cleverly constructed and well written. We are captive to this macabre story mysterious, it lacharnement sharing of a policeman isolated and ready to do anything to lead the investigation, it was a thought for the plight of the victim and his young son, which one has never regained trace. And the mood of small Corsican villages, their charms and their secrets, is beautifully rendered. The book reads dune treats, attention to sleepless nights!