The Ghost Riders of Ordebec
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A Commissaire Adamsberg novel.
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#7 in the Series: Commissaire Adamsberg
‘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.
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Imprint: Vintage Digital
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Published: 07/03/2013
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ISBN: 9781446485071
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Length: 432 Pages
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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This latest outing for the offbeat Commissaire Adamsberg is [Vargas'] best
Independent
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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
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Vargas depicts brilliantly a rural community riven with superstition, where class distinctions have existed for centuries
The Times
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An early contender for outstanding crime novel of the year
Sunday Times
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A glorious mix of myth, quirky observation and gallic humour
Sunday Telegraph
