On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. In Normandy, two stags have been killed and their hearts cut out. Meanwhile a seventy-five-year-old nurse who has murdered several of her patients has escaped from prison. Is there a connection between the three cases?
In this mystery, Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against nemeses past and present: Ariane Lagarde, France's foremost pathologist and Adamsberg's enemy since they argued over a case twenty-three years earlier, and Louis Veyrenc, a new recruit with a grudge, who has been assigned the job of protecting the Commissaire's ex-girlfriend. As the different strands of Vargas's compelling story begin to intertwine, events move towards a gripping climax...
Shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099507628
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 288 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 26 mm
Fred Vargas ... is rapidly asserting herself as one of the most impressive working crime writers - Metro
Stylish prose and strong characters - Financial Times
Irresistibly gripping, powerfully written and quite often frightening - The Times
The fascination of Fred Vargas's books is due as much to her characters as her plots... sit back and enjoy - Sunday Telegraph
If you haven't cottoned on to Vargas's brilliant Adamsberg detective stories, you're missing a treat - Scotland on Sunday
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