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Book SynopsisOn 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.
Trade ReviewFred 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 *
