The Adversary
First sentence
On the Saturday morning of January 9, 1993, while Jean-Claude Romand was killing his wife and children, I was with mine in a parent-teacher meeting at the school attended by Gabriel, our eldest son...
Description
ON THE SATURDAY MORNING OF JANUARY 9, 1993, WHILE JEAN-CLAUDE ROMAND WAS KILLING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, I WAS WITH MINE IN A PARENT-TEACHER MEETING ... Jean-Claude and Luc have been friends for twenty years: the former a leading figure in the world of research, hobnobbing with government ministers and attending international conferences; the latter a general practitioner. But when Luc is summoned to the police station in the aftermath of the tragedy, he discovers that everything he thought he knew about Jean-Claude was a sham - and he is left with the puzzling task of discovering how a man could successfully live a lie for almost two decades ...