When the body of a woman is discovered in a fisherman’s net in Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula, new recruit Detective Sergeant Joaquin Moralès is thrown in at the deep end… First in a beautifully written, atmospheric and addictive new series. \\\Runner-up for the Scott Moncrieff Prize for Translations from French\\\ Truth lingers in murky waters… As Montrealer Catherine Day sets foot in a remote fishing village and starts asking around about her birth mother, the body of a woman dredges up in a fisherman’s nets. Not just any woman, though: Marie Garant, an elusive, nomadic sailor and unbridled beauty who once tied many a man’s heart in knots. Detective Sergeant Joaquin Moralès, newly drafted to the area from the suburbs of Montreal, barely has time to unpack his suitcase before he’s thrown into the deep end of the investigation. On Quebec’s outlying Gaspé Peninsula, the truth can be slippery, especially down on the fishermen’s wharves. Interviews drift into idle chit-chat, evidence floats off with the tide and the truth lingers in murky waters. It’s enough to make DS Moralès reach straight for a large whisky… Both a dark and consuming crime thriller and a lyrical, poetic ode to the sea, We Were the Salt of the Sea is a stunning, page-turning novel, from one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction.

It's not just the sea that holds secrets When an abandoned lobster trawler is found adrift off the coast of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, DS Joaquin Moralès begins a straightforward search for the boat's missing captain, Angel Roberts a rare female in a male-dominated world. But Moralès finds himself blocked at every turn by his police colleagues, by fisheries bureaucrats, and by his grown-up son, who has turned up at his door with a host of his own personal problems. When Angel's body is finally discovered, it's clear something very sinister is afoot, and Moralès and son are pulled into murky, dangerous waters, where old resentments run deep.

Cap-aux-Meules, Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Fin janvier. Alors que le nordet menace, l'agente Simone Lord monte, à titre d'observatrice, sur le Jean-Mathieu, un chalutier en partance pour la chasse au phoque. Elle n'est pas la bienvenue à bord. La météo s'annonce rude. Pour Simone, mais aussi pour Joaquin Moralès, qui retire son alliance comme on arrache un arbre. Déraciné, il embarque avec Érik Lefebvre, en vue d'une semaine de ski aux abords du Saint-Laurent. Juste avant le départ, la psychologue judiciaire Nadine Lauzon arrive en courant, avec un dossier sur lequel l'enquêteur Moralès devrait se pencher. Un roman policier empreint de poésie, de froid et de glace. Absolument bouleversant ! L'hakapik est une arme formée d'un bâton de bois orné d'une tête de marteau et d'un crochet. D'origine norvégienne, il est conçu expressément pour la chasse au loup marin.