About the book: 2024 / A new thriller about Toulouse police major Martin Servas is filled with truly terrible events. And not all the main characters will survive here... These eyes look at you from the night... In the mountains, far from the world, lives the director of cult horror films, Morbus Delacroix. He has a reputation as a misanthrope and a bit crazy. But he doesn't care. He's a genius. An evil genius... His last film, “Orpheus, or the Evil Spiral,” was never released. There are legends around this film, many consider it “cursed”... At this time, in the ward of a Toulouse psychiatric hospital, a film special effects master is found brutally murdered. And a little later they discover the body of the sound engineer. And both of them worked with Delacroix on Orpheus. What is this - a coincidence? Or is it really a curse? Or... These questions must be answered by Police Major Martin Servas and his team. But the investigation leads the detectives into such darkness and horror that they have to answer another question: will they be able to survive? “Great, great art!” – Le Parisien “Minière is the enormous talent of a storyteller and the ability to instill fear in the reader’s soul; no worse than Stephen King’s best novels.” – Daily Mail “The new king of thrillers.” – El País “Minier produces prose that is dark and poignant. And it’s so thick that while you’re reading, your fingers get stuck in it.” - Spectator "Minière's novels are prized for their brilliant suspense and the frankness with which he speaks about modern society." – Provence