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The Ghost Riders of Ordebec: A Commissaire Adamsberg novel Book
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'People will die ' says the panic-stricken woman outside police headquarters. She has been standing in blazing sunshine for more than an hour and 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 grizzly end following a visitation by the riders. Soon after the young woman's vision a notoriously cruel man disappears and the local police dismiss the matter as superstition. 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.
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'People will die,' says the panic-stricken woman outside police headquarters. She has been standing in blazing sunshine for more than an hour, and 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 grizzly end following a visitation by the riders. Soon after the young woman's vision a notoriously cruel man disappears, and the local police dismiss the matter as superstition. 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.
- 1846557364
- 9781846557361
- Fred Vargas
- 7 March 2013
- Harvill Secker
- Hardcover (Book)
- 368
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