Penmac's unusual tale of Inspector Van Thian, who goes to investigate various crimes around his neighbourhood disguised as an elderly Vietnamese woman. Translated from the French by Ian Monk, and published simultaneously with the C format edition of )The Scapegoat(. "Already a bestseller in its native country, it deserves to be one here if there's any justice in the world of crime" Maxim Jabukowski, )Time Out(.