One Death Too Many

In a bourgeois home in Belgium, a prominent businessman is found dead in his bed, his skull pulverised by seventy-seven blows of a hammer.

In what appears to be a robbery gone wrong, his wife and stepdaughter are now missing, presumed kidnapped. Leading the investigation, Dr Boxho must uncover the truth behind this shocking brutality through the clues concealed by the dead body. As he begins to dissect the evidence, he is called to Paris for another murder, which appears linked to the first, and which throws into doubt everything they have uncovered so far.

To bring this gripping crime novel to life, Quebecois thriller master Martin Michaud spent months shadowing renowned forensic pathologist Philippe Boxho on the job. This resulting thriller blends medical and legal precision with a propulsive narrative.

An utterly immersive and realistic thriller in which the reader witnesses Boxho apply his 30 years’ experience dissecting corpses to crack this latest case.