La petite fille, le coyote et la mort

Synopsis of La petite fille, le coyote et la mort

«La petite fille, le coyote et la mort» is the crime novel by Bertrand Puard (Librairie des Champs-Elysées, paperback, 252 pages, in French).

Ilsa, aged eleven, lives in a small settlement in the California desert created around the laboratory run by her father, next to an abandoned gold mine. When Benny, a regular visitor, confides his certainty of an imminent alien invasion, the girl notes the shadows and nocturnal murmurs in her diary.

Winner of the Prix du roman d'aventures 2003, an award highlighted on the cover of this edition.

For crime novel readers who enjoy mystery narratives, unsettling atmospheres and narrative games.