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"It's February 1943 and the famous old spa town of Vichy, France has been closed for the duration of the German occupation. All the grand hotels are taken up by the Government of Marechal Petain, but corruption and murder reach into its highest levels." "Detectives Jean-Louis St-Cyr, of the Surete Nationale, and Hermann Kohler of the Gestapo are summoned from Paris by Premier Pierre Laval who is desperate for outside assistance: Flykiller slays mistress of high-ranking Government employee." "A black velvet choker encircles her slender neck. The decolletage of antique lace is bloodstained. Beneath her nightgown, she wears a black lace teddy, black meshed stockings and garters. A cabaret dancer. One earring remains, left in haste perhaps. 'Blancs exceptionnels,' states St-Cyr, and worth a fortune on the black market. There's also a cigar band, and doesn't the Marechal enjoy a good cigar? Murder follows murder, but is the Flykiller guilty or has he or she used the murders to focus on the corruption?"--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved