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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.



Trade Review
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 *

The Ghost Riders of Ordebec

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    A Paperback / softback by Fred Vargas, Siân Reynolds

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 27 February 2014
      ISBN-13 9780099569558
      978-0099569558
      ISBN-10 0099569558
      Also in:
      Contemporary Fiction Crime & Thrillers Books by Fred Vargas

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade Review
      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 *

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