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The Ghost Riders of Ordebec: A Commissaire Adamsberg novel
Fred Vargas
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Paperback. '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. Series: Commissaire Adamsberg. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
‘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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099569558
SKU
V9780099569558
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-20
About Fred Vargas
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.
Reviews for The Ghost Riders of Ordebec: A Commissaire Adamsberg novel
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more