Paul Darac is a captain in Nice's Brigade Criminelle. His team is called out when a dead man in a white suit is found on a mat outside a Muslim prayer center. The victim, local teacher Emile Florian, is not a Muslim. No one knows why he was at the place of worship. And, on top of everything else, the Nice leg of the Tour de France has been threatened by a terrorist group, the Sons and Daughters of the Just Cause. Darac's boss, Agnès Dantier, is involved with the security detail for the tour, as is Darac's lieutenant, Roland Granot. Everyone's attention is scattered among too many objectives and too many suspects, not to mention old hatreds and revenge. VERDICT British author Morfoot (Burksey) introduces a delightful example of the disenchanted French boulevardier. Darac plays jazz in nightclubs and shows up at crime scenes with little sleep and a certain je ne sais quoi. However, he also possesses an impeccable eye for spotting lies and ferreting out the truth, while keeping one step ahead of his interfering boss's boss, the public prosecutor.