Sebastien Japrisot

Women in Evidence

A young man staggers onto a beach at sunset clutching the spreading stain on his shirt. But who shot him? And on what beach?
Was it Emma, the bride on her honeymoon on the Atlantic coast near La Rochelle?
Was it Belinda, the Niçoise whore in a snug little brothel on the other side of the peninsula?
Or Zozo, Belinda’s colleague?
Or Caroline, the prim schoolteacher?
Was it the manicurist, Frou-Frou, who rose through pornographic movies to become a Hollywood star?
Or the exotic Yoko, part Chilean, part Japanese?
Or Toledo, the U.S. Army nurse from Ohio?

All the evidence expands and conflicts and Marie Martine the glacial lawyer who records the evidence of all these women, also seems to be involved - as are the gamekeeper, the blacksmith and the military police - recurrent key players in a revolving and gathering cast of witnesses.

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