Fatale by Jean Patrick Manchette.

French crime noir. A short, fun, amazing read. It follows a woman killer, doing her stuff. We know little about her, just enough to "guess" why she might be doing the stuff she does. The world around the killer is as dark as her, maybe worse. At points we might even justify what she does.... Great food for thought! 

I first met Manchette through Jacques Tardi's comic adaptations of his work. I read Fantagraphics fantastic boxset titled Streets of Paris streets of murder 2 years ago. It blew my mind. This year I wanted to read one of the original novels, and at the same time have a quick taste of French noir literature (as opposed to USA Chandler, Hammett, etc.). 

I chose Fatale because it was easily available on kindle but also because it was one of Tardi's stories, which left me wanting more. The fact is that Manchette and Tardi never finished the adaptation, and the comic was published incomplete. (But it is still amazing.)