The Ghost Riders of OrdebecThe Ghost Riders of Ordebec
When a widow implores him to help her daughter Lina who has had a vision predicting the deaths of four men, Commissaire Adamsberg arrives to investigate and becomes distracted by the beautiful Lina as he tries to stop her prediction from coming true.
&;Wildly imaginative.&;&;The New York Times
&;Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.&;&;Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series
As the chief of police in Paris&;s seventh arrondissement, Commissaire Adamsberg has no jurisdiction in Ordebec. Yet, he cannot ignore a widow&;s plea. Her daughter Lina has seen a vision of the Ghost Riders with four nefarious men. According to the thousand-year-old legend, the vision means that the men will soon die a grisly death. When one of them disappears, Adamsberg races to Ordebec, where he becomes entranced by the gorgeous Lina&;and embroiled in the small Normandy town&;s ancient feud.
A # 1 French and Italian bestseller from the three-time winner of the CWA’s International Dagger Award
More than ten million copies of Fred Vargas’s Commissaire Adamsberg mysteries have been sold worldwide. Now, American readers are getting hooked on the internationally bestselling author’s unsettling blend of crime and the supernatural.
As the chief of police in Paris’s seventh arrondissement, Commissaire Adamsberg has no jurisdiction in Ordebec. Yet, he cannot ignore a widow’s plea. Her daughter Lina has seen a vision of the Ghost Riders with four nefarious men. According to the thousand-year-old legend, the vision means that the men will soon die a grisly death. When one of them disappears, Adamsberg races to Ordebec, where he becomes entranced by the gorgeous Lina—and embroiled in the small Normandy town’s ancient feud.
A Climate of Fear, the latest Commissaire Adamsberg mystery, will soon be available from Penguin.
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- New York : Penguin Books, 2013.
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