J e did not give in to the madness of Scandinavian crime fiction, when it became impossible to tell amateur detective without reading Stieg Larson, when he had absolutely Per Walhoo have read, or Shift Sjöwall Henning Mankell. It is therefore quite long after its publication in French, I discovered Photo Lime (2000), Leif Davidsen's Danish . I have benefited for that of its publication in paperback (Editions Gallimard, collection Folio policeman 2009, ISBN 978-2-07-035806-9).
As its creator Leif Davidsen, former reporter and news correspondent, Peter Lime has traveled the world. He brought back pictures that have made him a little famous and rich enough, thanks to the photo agency he created with a couple friends. And the job of paparazzi seem to suit him, he who has the flair for finding good opportunities will arise where the clichés that make the headlines.
But sometimes there are too cliché. He should not have been taken. That is upsetting your life by unleashing an unexpected fire. The existence of Peter Lime is put upside down by a shot too. Yet this is not the wrath of an unfaithful husband caught with his mistress on a English coast, which struck him. He must look behind the appearances, behind the intrigues of the English police, some regret the good old days of Franco, where they had a free hand, behind the shenanigans of ETA who are seeking to strike those who betray the organization. He'll have to see behind the smile of this lovely Danish investigator came to Madrid to meet with him about a past he thought he had left far behind.
His quest will lead far from that Spain where he had hoped to find peace of an ordinary life. Far, far in the bitterness of old friendships betrayed.
A strong novel, from first to last page.
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