Award-winning French Writer Makes US Noir Debut With WHITE LEOPARD

Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book is introducing a new award-winning French writer to the US market, with the release this month of White Leopard, by Laurant Guillaume. This intensely true-to-life story captures the struggle of a poor country in the grips of drug lords and corruption and of people with fractured pasts struggling to survive.

In Bamako, Mali, everything is possible and nothing is certain. A man torn between two continents finds himself in a dangerous confrontation between tradition and corruption. Solo is a former cop who ran away from a dark past in France to start his life over again in Bamako, Mali, as a PI. An ordinary case turns out to be not so ordinary. The drug mule gets her throat slit. The French lawyer is too beautiful and too well-informed. The cocaine is too plentiful.

This gritty tale was inspired by a real case that occurred while the author was stationed in Mali as advisor to the local police.

Laurent Guillaume, a former police officer, writes novels and screenplays. In law enforcement, he worked anti-gang, narcotics, financial crimes, and served in Mali as advisor to the local police.

Praise
"A thrill ride of epic proportions-the real deal! The perfect combination of street smarts and literary talent." Craig Johnson, New York Times best-selling author of the Walt Longmire mysteries.

"Fans of classic hard-boiled PI fiction will relish Guillaume's book, a tale of high-level corruption that will resonate with James Ellroy readers." - Publishers Weekly

"As hard-boiled as it gets." -Booklist

"West Africa is brought vividly to life in this enthralling, fast-paced noir." -Foreword Reviews

The book
WHITE LEOPARD by Laurent Guillaume, translated by Sophie Weiner Le French Book; November 19, 2015 - Trade paperback $16.95; 240 pages ISBN: 978-1-9394-7450-6 e-book: 978-1-9394-7451-3 - hardback (library edition): 978-1-9394-7452-0

About Le French Book
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