Hardy — David Connolly

When Luc Hardy tries to leave his job working for the Fournier crime family on the Cote d'Azure he is forced to disappear for a while. He decides to return to Marseilles,the home he left some fifteen years before, where his father and sister are still living.

He finds his father in Hospital and his sister frightened by a group of men who have been harassing them. When his father dies after a visit from a mysterious priest Luc concludes that his father has been murdered. The police, however, are not interested. Then somebody threatens Luc and his sister. When Luc starts to investigate he is drawn into a strange world of family secrets, lies and further threats. Just as he is getting to grips with this situation, the Fourniers comes after him.

Luc is forced to go on the run again but he is not alone. His sister and his Lawyer are with him and Luc has to figure out why they are all being chased. With little to go on Luc sets about fighting back but he has no idea what or who the enemy is.