"Kings of the French Thriller" - action-packed novels by recognized masters and new stars of French modern prose. Maxim Shattam is the "king of the thriller" who has gained world fame. His books have been translated into 20 languages ​ ​ and sold over 7 million copies. Shattam's novels are distinguished by elaborate detective stories, on which crimes full of cruelty are strung, interspersed with philosophical reasoning about violence and the nature of evil.