Inhuman Resources by Pierre Lemaitre

Alain Delambre is a former H.R. executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment. He has reached his very lowest ebb, and can see no way out.

So when a major company finally invites him to interview, Alain Delambre is ready to do anything: borrow money, assault his son-in-law, lie to his wife and daughters and even participate in a highly dubious recruitment test: a role-playing game that involves hostage-taking.

But if he suddenly realised that the dice had been loaded against him from the start, his fury would be limitless, and his thirst for revenge, relentless.

And what began as a simple game could very quickly become a bloodbath.

Genres: Thriller - Crime - France - Suspense - Noir - Mystery