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Khadra's first Inspector Llob mystery (Morituri) was a wonderfully unexpected pulp fiction take on a large Arab city. This second in the trilogy is also set in Algiers in the mid-90s at the height of the Civil War. Like that book, it owes more than a little in style to Mickey Spillane and Dashiell Hammett, as the intrepid Inspector delves into a dark a corrupt world of powerful men and their vices. Inspector Llob is a classic seeker of justice, armed with battery of wisecracks and caustic insult
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Inspector Llob is investigating the deaths of a former high ranking diplomat and a professor in Algiers. The crime appears to connect to Islamic fundamentalists in the country. The book is short but a lot of murders occur in it. It took me a bit to figure out what was going on as there is no introduction to the characters, their background or the political background of Algeria.
