Le mystère du tigre : roman

In the tangled backstreets of colonial Singapore a narrow lane climbs a hump locals call the Camel’s Back. At its summit looms the grim, tiger‑head‑carved Door of the Tiger, the entrance to the city’s most notorious opium den. The narrator, son of taxidermy merchants turned daring animal tamer, steps through, drawn by danger and his cousin’s curiosity.

Inside, the air is thick with opium smoke and the sour scent of sweat, while hushed talk mentions a Buddhist treatise that claims the Buddha himself invented the pipe. Recognized instantly as the famed tamer Rafaël Graaf, he finds himself surrounded by rival gangs, uneasy allies and a cryptic remark about the origins of the habit. As tensions rise, he must decide whether to assert his dominance with force or navigate the delicate power play that underlies the den’s shadowy world. The mystery of the Tiger’s Door promises to test his courage, his wit, and the fragile line between civilization and the wild.