A NOTE ON the local geography. Frequent visitors to the French Riviera will be familiar with Marina Baie des Anges, the vast apartment complex that lies like a second Colosseum under the Nice Airport flight path. The Pierre Cardin Foundation,at Miramar to the west of Cannes, is difficult to find but well worth a visit, and must be one of the strangest buildings in Europe. Port-la-Galere, nearby, is another architectural oddity,with its honevcomb facades worthy of Gaudi.
A disturbing mystery awaits Paul and Jane Sinclair when they arrive in Eden-Olympia, a high-tech business park in the hills above Cannes. Jane is to work as a doctor for the executives who live in this ultra-modern workers' paradise. But what caused her apparently sane predecessor to set out one morning and murder ten people in a shooting spree that made headlines around the world?As Paul investigates his new surroundings,he begins to uncover a thriving subculture of crime that is spiralling out of control.
PART I
Visitors to the Dream Palace
Dr Wilder Penrose
The Brainstorm
A Flying Accident
The English Girl
A Russian Intruder
Incident in a Car Park
The Alice Library
Glass Floors and White Walls
The Hit List
Thoughts of Saint-Exupery
A Fast Drive to Nice Airport
A Decision to Stay
Riviera News
A Residential Prison
Widows and Memories
Refuge at La Bocca
The Street of Darkest Night
Elopement
The Grand Tour
Drugs and Deaths
The R oof Deck
The Confession
Blood Endures
The Cardin Foundation
Flying Again
Darkness Curves
Strains of Violence
The Therapy Programme
Nietzsche on the Beach
PART II
The Film Festival
A Dead Man's Tuxedo
The Coast Road
Course Notes and a Tango
The Analysis
Confession
A Plan of Action
PART III
The High Air
A New Folklore
The Bedroom Camera
The Streetwalker
Last Assignment