Not As Far As Velma

"e;That artful master of the international policier . . . delivers another one of his uncommonly intelligent procedurals with Inspector Henri Castang."e; -The New York TimesWhen Police Commissaire Henri Castang is summoned to investigate a missing hotelier, he's not alarmed at the young widow's disappearance.

Until a routine inquiry on the hotel's last guest reveals him to be a Jewish artist and concentration camp survivor who never checked in to a room.

All clues seem to lead to a dead end, until a terrorist bombing of a church convent sends Castang in search of a mystery that will link back to the crimes buried deep in Europe's war-torn past. "e;[A] rich and savory ratatouille fans have come to expect from Freeling-ironical and humorous, sad, clever and insightful."e; -Publishers Weekly"e;A dark vision of war then-and-now and of tangled loyalties-to God, to country, to man-with love overriding all."e; -Kirkus Reviews