La souris qui avait mangé les chats

Synopsis of La souris qui avait mangé les chats

«La souris qui avait mangé les chats» is the suspense novel by Stéphanie Gardès, published by Les nouveaux auteurs in paperback (656 pages, in French).

Eléa Elbow, a CIA agent trained as a state assassin, longs to leave her past behind and live a normal life. When a stranger puts a price on her head, she must find out who wants her dead and why, in a game among elite spies full of tension.

Published in 2016, the work won the Prix du Jury Femme Actuelle 2016, whose jury was chaired by Éliette Abécassis.

Recommended for readers of spy thrillers and suspense in French with a female protagonist.