The Arming, the second Alexandre Sarraf novel, is out now on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and paperback.
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Nobody hires Alexandre Sarraf to find out what happened. They hire him to find out what it costs.The Alexandre Sarraf Investigations
Each one stands alone. This is the order they were written in.
A man dies inside a fermentation vessel at a bioethanol plant on the Firth of Forth. Five safety barriers failed, and the inquiry has already written them all down. Short enough for one sitting, and free when you join the mailing list.
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A tank terminal, one fatality, a claim of thirty-one million euros, and paperwork signed by a man who had not set foot on site in eleven weeks.
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A wireline crew. A perforating gun that goes off at surface. Three men dead in the same ten seconds, and a county that had its murderer in under a week.
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Alexandre Sarraf doesn't investigate crimes. He investigates accidents the system has already closed. Working for a Swiss reinsurer, Sarraf only steps in when a corporation's official story stops adding up.
These are classic, fair-play puzzles, where every single clue Sarraf uncovers is handed directly to you at the exact moment he gets it. The solution is right there on the page from the very first chapter for anyone sharp enough to spot it. Set against the stark backdrop of real-world energy hubs, from the drill pads of East Texas to the terminals of Rotterdam and the bioethanol plants of Fife, the locations are fictionalized, but the mechanical failures that drive them are entirely real.
Ultimately, the question isn't just who caused the disaster. It's what a human life costs on a corporate ledger, and who gets to decide who pays.