Chourmo

The second novel in Izzo’s acclaimed

Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the

author’s beloved city, in all its colour and

complexity. Fabio Montale is an unwitting

hero in this city of melancholy beauty.

Fabio Montale has left a police force marred

by corruption, xenophobia, and greed. But

getting out is not going to be so easy. When

his cousin’s son goes missing, Montale is

dragged back onto the mean streets of a

violent, crime-infested Marseilles. To discover

the truth about the boy’s disappearance,

he infiltrates a dangerous underworld of

mobsters, religious fanatics, crooked cops,

and ordinary people whom desperation has

driven to extremes.