Grand prize of the Japanese Crime Writers' Association, "Le Loup d'Hiroshima" was a great success in Japan with 300,000 copies sold. Published in 2016, it is now available in France from Folio, which had the good idea of putting this splendid tattooed back on the cover (tattoo artist unknown). Summary: June 1988, Hiroshima prefecture. Major Ôgami has the reputation of being one of the best investigators in Japan, but also of being too close to the yakuzas. His superiors find him unmanageable, yet they cannot do without him. Especially at a time when a gang war is looming. The tension between honourable bandits and vicious mobsters is dangerously high. It is in this perilous context that the young Hioka is promoted to deputy commander. He quickly discovers that Ôgami's image as a lone wolf is justified. His methods are brutal. As a master-disciple relationship develops between them, a race against time begins. But isn't it already too late to avoid a bloodbath? - « Le Loup d’Hiroshima » by Yūko Yuzuki, 384 pages, Edition Folio, 8,60€.
