The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas
‘People will die,’ says the panic-stricken woman outside police headquarters. She refuses to speak to anyone besides Commissaire Adamsberg. Her daughter has seen a vision: ghostly horsemen who target the most nefarious characters in Normandy. Since the middle ages there have been stories of murderers, rapists, those with serious crimes on their conscience, meeting a grisly end following a visitation by the riders. Soon after the young woman’s vision a notoriously vicious and cruel man disappears. Although the case is far outside his jurisdiction, Adamsberg agrees to investigate the strange happenings in a village terrorised by wild rumours and ancient feuds.
This latest outing for the offbeat Commissaire Adamsberg is [Vargas'] best * Independent *
After decades in which crime fiction in French was dominated by the Belgian author Georges Simenon, it has an indisputable new star in Fred Vargas -- Joan Smith * Sunday Times *
Vargas depicts brilliantly a rural community riven with superstition, where class distinctions have existed for centuries * The Times *
An early contender for outstanding crime novel of the year * Sunday Times *
A glorious mix of myth, quirky observation and gallic humour * Sunday Telegraph *
After decades in which crime fiction in French was dominated by the Belgian author Georges Simenon, it has an indisputable new star in Fred Vargas -- Joan Smith * Sunday Times *
Vargas depicts brilliantly a rural community riven with superstition, where class distinctions have existed for centuries * The Times *
An early contender for outstanding crime novel of the year * Sunday Times *
A glorious mix of myth, quirky observation and gallic humour * Sunday Telegraph *
Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099569558 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099569558 |
| Title | The Ghost Riders of Ordebec |
| Author | Fred Vargas |
| Series | Commissaire Adamsberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Winner of CWA International Dagger 2013 (UK) |
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