In the midst of a wave of burglaries targetting various online personalities, Cathy Martini is tasked with tracing the disappearing of a famous tv actress. The same actress who had an affair with her late husband, hence her dilemma: she may not be so keen to find her and especially to see her again, but she is on duty. A dilemma known among her colleagues, but also raised in the yellow media following the next developments in this case.
Police People by Sophie Hénaff has a dense cast of characters, of the most famous type, but the pace is rather slow and moderately eventful. However, it follows its own logic, with an unexpected turn of events that woke me up from what was rather a quite slow unsurprising read. The ingenious solution to the crime riddle just increased my appreciation for this book.
From the language point of view, I´ve found the dialogues very entertaining and full of humour, which matches very well the ironic tone of the book. Ironic because it has to do a lot with vain people, huge contrasts between reality and the fancy show off under the limelights.
Police People was a funny short weekend read that reminded me that humour may work very well with some types of crime novels.
Rating: 3 stars
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