The Ghost Riders of Ordebec

Commissaire Adamsberg #7

Fred Vargas, Siân Reynolds

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Arrow
01 April 2014

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

Series: Commissaire Adamsberg

France's bestselling crime writer, and three-time winner of the CWA International Dagger, sends the quirky and original Commissaire Adamsberg far outside his jurisdication in a chilling tale of evil-doers who disappear after visitations from a band of ghostly horsemen

'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.

By: Fred Vargas
Translated by: Siân Reynolds
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 7
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9780099569558
ISBN 10: 0099569558
Series: Commissaire Adamsberg
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 April 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.

Reviews for The Ghost Riders of Ordebec: Commissaire Adamsberg #7

A glorious mix of myth, quirky observation and gallic humour * Sunday Telegraph * An early contender for outstanding crime novel of the year * Sunday Times * Vargas depicts brilliantly a rural community riven with superstition, where class distinctions have existed for centuries * The Times * 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 * This latest outing for the offbeat Commissaire Adamsberg is [Vargas'] best * Independent *