The Ghost Riders of Ordebec
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JOINT-WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER
`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…
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1 author picked The Ghost Riders of Ordebec as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is the middle book of a series of novels by French archaeologist and historian Fred Vargas. Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is a Parisien Chief of Police, although he comes from the Pyrenees. It is a crime novel, but so much more than that.
I would recommend reading this book first and then going back to the first in the series. I found Adamsberg instantly engaging, as is the whole weirdly original story. It might not be for everyone.
The crimes are bizarre (but never disturbingly explicit), and Vargas, who is female, creates a cast of eccentric and loveable characters who are…
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