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The Mortician

A DARK, OFFBEAT & ECCENTRIC NOVEL

David Livingstone takes the train to Paris to do a favor for an old friend: Hector, a charming and elusive actor whose little “side business” needs a discreet courier. David’s mission: hand a small taped-up box to a certain Mr. Kastel.

From the moment he rings the wrong doorbell, nothing goes as planned. What follows are forty-eight hours of escalating chaos! David finds himself translating for gangsters, transporting human organs in ice coolers, breaking into a private clinic where a minister’s son awaits surgery, and fleeing from both cops and Moldovian thugs all while falling madly in love with Libertad, a magnetic woman who may not be who she claims to be.

At the heart of this whirlwind, a name that terrifies everyone and identifies no one: “The Mortician”. Is it Kastel? Hector? Someone else? Every time David thinks he has found the mastermind behind the chaos, the ground shifts—revealing new players, new deceptions, and a deeper game.

AN EVERYMAN DRAWN INTO THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF ILLEGAL ORGAN TRAFFICKING

A SIMPLE FAVOR FOR AN OLD FRIEND TURNS INTO A DELIRIOUS BLACK FARCE

A DIVE INTO THE VIBRANT YET MENACING UNDERBELLY OF PARIS

Reviews

“Original, fast-paced, and somewhat surprising, a great French-style thriller.”
Florence Dalmas, Vaucluse Matin

“Pitch-black humor on every page – an utterly brilliant crime novel that’s at once humorous dark, and completely eccentric.”
Karine Leroy, Paris Normandie

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