Malacci
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La Presse |
 Illustration : Jacques Lamontagne |
The mutilated corpse of a young woman is found in Montreal. On her belly, a word written in blood : Sleepy. Léo Lortie, a patrolman at Station 33, knows what it means : it is the name of one of the seven dwarves in the story of Snow White. In two years, it is the fourth such murder. Lortie himself found the second corpse, signed Sneezy. But there are seven dwarves in the tale, and Léo wants to get the psychopath before his horrible list gets any longer. Lortie decides to lay a trap for the killer. With the help of Malacci and Elsa Castillo, a mutual friend, they try to provoke the murderer by publishing messages for him in the classified sections of newspapers. Their plan, of course, does not work as expected, and, as usual, Malacci finds he's walking a tightrope... |
| Robert
Malacci Lames soeurs (Blade Sisters) 243 pages, $12.95 |
 Illustration : Jacques Lamontagne |
The owner of the newspaper Écho-Matin as an original idea : he wants to acquire a Toulon newspaper, Le Mistral, in order to export his methods to France ! In order to evaluate the feasibility of the project, he sends his two experts, Pouliot and Malacci. As soon as they arrive, Pouliot goes to work : a young woman has just been murdered and suspicion is focusing on Kateb Djaout, an Algerian man who has gone into hiding since the murder. Taking advantage of this, Pouliot decides to show the Mistral boss how journalism is done. Powerless, Malacci can only see the damage being done : Pouliot's articles awaken the slumbering beast of racism. Those who rely on xenophobia to achieve their own goals are getting ready to scramble for the spoils. Malacci has managed to get in touch with Djaout, and he is certain the man is innocent. But how can he break the infernal noose that is tightening around him and the Algerian ? |
| Robert
Malacci Ad nauseam 230 pages, $12.95 |
 Illustration : Bernard Duchesne |
For once, Malacci is able to take a vacation, in Guadeloupe ! But he must return to Québec on short notice. Chalifoux, his boss at the Écho-Matin, needs him to act as a detective ! In fact, Raymond Sancesse, a friend of the boss and the president of Zeugma Technologies, a leading security software company, has died accidentally at his cabin under strange circumstances. On the pretext of writing an article, Malacci goes hunting for information at the company headquarters, then questions the members of the family and the family of Sancerre's partner, David Barnes. But nothing is easy. Everyone seems to have good reasons to talk as little as possible, which Malacci finds quite annoying. And to make his task even harder, a CSIS agent shamelessly blackmails Malacci to force him to hand over the results of his investigations - with the blessings of Chalifoux ! The affair is far from simple, and Malacci has a growing feeling that he's dealing with... a veritable can of worms ! |
| Robert
Malacci Sac de noeuds (Can of Worms) 214 pages, $12.95 |
