Total Chaos (2005)

Fabio Montale's investigation is entangled with the friends and streets that formed him. Howard Curtis translates Izzo's first Marseille trilogy novel, where migration, racism and loyalty shape the case as much as the mechanics of a killing. Its sense of place comes through affection and anger together. Read for a detective who belongs to the city yet cannot stand outside its conflicts, and expect a melancholy, sometimes brutal form of noir.