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Hurling seven workmen to their deaths, a massive bomb blows off the facade of the eight hundred-year-old Cathedral of Reims, Frances most revered monument to its national and Christian traditions. Public opinion blames radical Islamists, and hysterical mobs attack Muslims in streets, stores, and mosques.
Fear of civil war brings President Emmanuel Macron and even Pope Francis to the scene to plead for peace.
Commissioner Denise Caron, though losing a loved one in the blast and under pitiless media fire, leads a daring, sophisticated investigation. It’s astonishing conclusion cuts to the core of France itself and offers lessons to a Europe facing ultranationalist tensions. Caron’s lover, Mario, an opera conductor, comforts her all the way from despair to doubt and finally to stunning success.
Fear of civil war brings President Emmanuel Macron and even Pope Francis to the scene to plead for peace.
Commissioner Denise Caron, though losing a loved one in the blast and under pitiless media fire, leads a daring, sophisticated investigation. It’s astonishing conclusion cuts to the core of France itself and offers lessons to a Europe facing ultranationalist tensions. Caron’s lover, Mario, an opera conductor, comforts her all the way from despair to doubt and finally to stunning success.