Meurtres à Cayenne (2020)
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Philippe Caroit, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Anne Caillon, Rani Bheemuck
A murder investigation in Cayenne brings a captain and lieutenant into conflict with the tension between modernity and Guyanese beliefs.
The story
At the foot of Fort Cépérou in Cayenne, a biologist is found dead, his throat cut and strange markings on his body. The previous night, he attended the Touloulous ball. Captain Cassandra Molba and Lieutenant Antoine Lagarde are assigned to investigate. As they search for the truth, the case places modernity in tension with Guyanese beliefs.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
At the foot of Fort Cépérou in Cayenne, a biologist’s body is found with his throat cut and strange markings on his body. The night before, he had attended the Touloulous ball. Captain Cassandra Molba and Lieutenant Antoine Lagarde are assigned to the investigation. Their search for the truth confronts modernity with Guyanese beliefs. The plot draws on the work of convict painter Francis “Flag” Lagrange (1900–1964), under the name François “Flag” Lagarde, an ancestor of Antoine Lagarde.
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