EuroCrime Series,Translated from the French by Vivienne Menkes-Ivry,With over 150,000 copies already sold in France,Jean-Claude Izzo's novel - a warts-and-all,portrait of Marseilles at its most sleazy - is,definitely one to watch out for. A fast-paced,thriller, it introduces Inspector Fabio Montale,a Marseilles 'flic' fond of pretty women, good,food, wine and fishing, who finds himself,ensconced in a series of crimes involving not just,murder but rape, racism, the Mafia, and corrupt,cops. Incroyable!