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The Ghost Riders of Ordebec

A Commissaire Adamsberg novel

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The Ghost Riders of Ordebec

Written by: Fred Vargas, Siân Reynolds - translator
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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‘People will die,’ says the panic-stricken woman outside police headquarters. She has been standing in blazing sunshine for more than an hour, and 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 grizzly end following a visitation by the riders.

Soon after the young woman’s vision a notoriously cruel man disappears, and the local police dismiss the matter as superstition. 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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Critic Reviews

This latest outing for the offbeat Commissaire Adamsberg is [Vargas'] best
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)
Vargas depicts brilliantly a rural community riven with superstition, where class distinctions have existed for centuries
All stars
Most relevant
an ordinary story made worthwhile by the sheer brilliance of the narrator. were it not for the brilliant narrator I would have stopped midway.

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