A factory owned by the Korean Daewoo group in Pondage, Lorraine, manufactures cathode ray tubes. Working conditions are abysmal, but as it's the only source of employment in this bleak former iron and steel manufacturing region, the workers daren't protest. Until a strike breaks out and there's a fire at the factory. But is it an accident? Autumn 1996, and the Pondage factory is at the centre of a strategic battle being played out in Paris, Brussels and Asia for the takeover of the ailing state-owned electronics giant Thomson. Contrary to expectations, the Matra-Daewoo alliance wins the bid. Rival contender Alcatel believes there's foul play involved and brings in the big guns led by its head of security, former deputy head of the national security service. Intrepid private cop Charles Montoya is called to Lorraine to carry out an investigation, and explosive revelations follow - murders, dirty tricks, blackmail, wheeling and dealing.
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"Manotti has . . . a grip on the economics, politics and social history which marks her as special . . . good generic crime fiction, with le flair in abundance." —Times Literary Supplement
"Manotti effortlessly handles a fiendishly complicated plot. Her characters are fully rounded and believable." —The Daily Telegraph
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Dominique Manotti is the author of Dead Horsemeat, shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Award, and Rough Trade, awarded Top Thriller of 2006 by the French Crime Writers Association.
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A room enclosed by four grey sheet-metal walls, bisected by a conveyor belt carrying two rows of television screens and their cathode ray tubes, under the glare of neon lights from which a stray electric wire dangles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Oiseau Bleu, Etienne Neveu, Rolande Lepetit, Karim Bouziane, Nourredine Hamidi, Prime Minister, Cité des Jonquilles, Thomson Multimedia, Ali Amrouche, Daewoo Pondange, Grande Commune, European Development Plan, Hafed Rifaai, Eiffel Tower, Finance Ministry, Eugénie Flachat, Lieutenant Lambert, Hôtel Vauban, October Quignard, Daewoo Poland, Fire Alert Browse Sample Pages:
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A room enclosed by four grey sheet-metal walls, bisected by a conveyor belt carrying two rows of television screens and their cathode ray tubes, under the glare of neon lights from which a stray electric wire dangles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Oiseau Bleu, Etienne Neveu, Rolande Lepetit, Karim Bouziane, Nourredine Hamidi, Prime Minister, Cité des Jonquilles, Thomson Multimedia, Ali Amrouche, Daewoo Pondange, Grande Commune, European Development Plan, Hafed Rifaai, Eiffel Tower, Finance Ministry, Eugénie Flachat, Lieutenant Lambert, Hôtel Vauban, October Quignard, Daewoo Poland, Fire Alert Browse Sample Pages:
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