"Trophy 813" for the best French crime novel 2010: "Zero tolerance for the 'mob' of the suburbs" is the directive from the Interior Minister. Strong words in light of his planned presidential candidacy. Now evidence is needed that the crime rate is actually falling. Commissioner Le Muir, head of a district police station in the Paris suburbs, sees her opportunity: what serves the minister's politics also directly benefits her career. Fortunately, her team finds plenty of reasons to demonstrate state authority with the necessary firmness. Manipulation of statistics, intimidation of the migrant population, brutal assaults – this is dynamite in an atmosphere charged with fear and hatred. A "high-pressure cleansing," as the Interior Minister loudly demands, paves the way for gentrification and real estate speculation. Only the v.