‘Good day, Sir, I’m Chief Warrant Officer Meillac, I was the one who was called to the scene of the accident. If you would like to follow me, please.’
The gendarme preceded Yves into his office.
‘Please,’ he said, indicating the chair opposite him.
Yves hung his things up on the coat rack and sat down, looking at the CWO.
‘Now Commander, I can tell you that we are really intrigued by this business. And to start with, by the circumstances of it: it’s not at all common in a region like ours.’
‘Sure, I don’t suppose you see three people shot dead like that too often,’ commented Yves.
‘You’re quite right we don’t. In concrete terms, we were called out at 4:52 for an explosion on a minor road off the dual carriageway, at kilometre 42. We arrived on site at 5:04, the firefighters were alre
