1984, Lozere Department. Pieces of human bodies are discovered in several rivers. Two victims are identified, two women who disappeared years ago.
Pierre Neyrat, a retired surgeon is arrested: he knew one of the victims as she was his son's girlfriend.
He has the skills to accurately slice the corpses in pieces and hides a troubled past, marked by violence.
But above all, he has been denounced by his own daughter.
Shocked by these events that revive the pain of the loss of the woman of his life and disturbed by the implosion of his family, his son François decides to shed light on his father's secrets and to investigate on the so-called “Dismemberer”.
Christian Carayon is native of the South of France. He has been teaching history and geography in secondary school for more than 15 years. Passionate about literature, he began his journey as a writer in 2012 and published The devil's Den (Pocket 2013).
After A breath, a shade published in 2016, Rivers is his second novel published by Fleuve Edition.
With more than 65 000 copies sold with only two novels, Christian Carayon imposed himself as a new voice of the French thriller.
-A shocking thriller that allies every author's strengths: historic background, accurate topography, scars from the past. And a new obsessing pattern: water.
-The author masters the art of portrait: every character is made in the flesh, chiseled with subtle psychology, which makes them real and connected to the reader.
-The intrigue is inspired by two historical facts