The sight of the dining room was depressing with all the dirty dishes and pots hanging from the ceiling like scattered corpses. Benoit preferred to eat in the small lounge of the Golden Button. At least there, Aimé Propinquor's body was still fresh; Louise had left it when she went for a break. Old-fashioned taxidermy takes a lot of time. Louise has a cold room but doesn't use it often. A body affected by the cold is not well-suited for taxidermy. The most important part was done, as Aimé's insides had been emptied and coated with natron. 'The Egyptians did without refrigeration, and their mummies have reached us,' says Louise. Benoit approached the body. The reasons for Superbe's brother's suicide were still unknown and would likely remain so. A terminal and painful illness? Would Louise find proof by examining the internal organs? Bankruptcy? One could assume the Propinquor family fortune was safe from all risks. A lost love? Not him! Not because of old age; he never suffered from it. Aimé's mouth was closed forever, and in Benoit's opinion, no truth or lie would ever escape it. But another mouth would later open to say what needed to be said; he was sure of it.

• Publishing House: Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc. - Lebanon
• Author: Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
• Number of Pages: 400
• Year of Publication: 2008
• ISBN: 9789953875262
• Cover Type: Paperback