About This Book
A first-person narrator reconstructs a convoluted criminal and domestic drama centered on Lucien Thibaut and a woman named Jeanne, unfolding through police dossiers, journal excerpts, correspondence, and interwoven personal narratives. The plot follows investigations, courtroom confrontations and an episode of flight, gradually exposing secrets, betrayals and financial misconduct linked to wartime contracts. Alternating documentary material with intimate recollection, the work blends suspense and moral questioning as characters seek justice and vindication while the narrative probes how hidden transactions and social ambition corrode private lives.