Finished
The City of Blood by
Frédérique Molay, 3rd in her Paris Homicide police procedural series starring Nico Sirsky, Unusually Young Chief of Police and His Team. This was another nifty case which made good use of Parisian place settings and cultural history, involving the archaeological excavation of an old experimental art installation which, of course, uncovers a few extra unintended additions. Plus a parallel emotional story for some of Sirsky's personal family situation as related to the assorted witnesses and victims in the case, which seems to have been going on for the past three books.
Recommended as another solid and enjoyable installment, with interesting police work trying to track down leads after such a long time, with, as usual, detailed explanations of French police procedure and laws. Apparently there's a rather specific statute of limitations on prosecution for murder over there. And also more detailed forensics stuff about how various biological evidence deteriorates to the point of unusability after assorted periods of time, so identification has to be done by other means, which were interesting to see in and of themselves. And the translated title actually has something to do with the plot this time around, even if it's still not as apropos as the original French one.
