Barbara Abel, you are evil! I loved it and recommended "Behind the Hatred", so I pre-ordered "After the End". Although it took me! Exciting from start to finish! If reading the previous novel is not indispensable, I nevertheless advises. A French writer that would not have denied Simenon "him-self" and who has the talent to "colleagues" English or American, like Tania Carver, Lisa Gardner or Kathy Reichs. It is to say! Summary: Read This! Without waiting!