The author is a German, Jörg Bong (born in 1966 in Bonn/Bad Godesberg), who lives between his country and Brittany.
This is the tenth work in a series starring Commissaire Georges Dupin.
The heat wave has even reached Brittany this August. There is no prospect of refreshment for Inspector Dupin. And to make matters worse, his colleagues are planning a big celebration for their tenth anniversary. But one morning, a dead man is pulled from the sea off the coast near Concarneau: a sheep farmer from the legendary Belle-Île. It is a murder, and before Dupin knows it, he is aboard a boat on his way to the “most beautiful island in the world,” where, along with picturesque cliffs, there are deep human abysses...
Events become more complicated: letters appear, threatening the victim and demanding the payment of one million euros. A ship captain, an important figure on the island, is kidnapped, and a million euros is demanded as ransom. The sheep farmer's wife is also murdered...
The author's sympathy for French Brittany is evident in his works. In this case, there is a tribute to the colorful landscapes of Belle-Île, which appear in works by Monet and other Impressionists.
From a moral point of view, the ethical level of the characters is clear, some of them driven by greed or a desire for revenge. There are no inappropriate descriptions.