This Poison Will Remain
£16.99
When three elderly men are poisoned, apparently by spider bites, everyone assumes that the deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears. It isn’t long before Adamsberg is pursuing a series of rumours and allegations that take him to the south of France, and the shocking events that occurred at La Miséricorde orphanage, decades ago. A spate of serious injuries there was linked to bites from the same local species, the recluse spider. Adamsberg is convinced that, through the haunting crimes of the past, he can prove that the men were victims of an ingenious serial killer.
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** Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month **
The exhilarating new Inspector Adamsberg novel from France’s multi-million-copy bestselling crime fiction star
‘Adamsberg is one of my favourite detectives… I so enjoyed This Poison Will Remain‘
ANN CLEEVES
‘Absorbing? Full of twists and spiced with Vargas’s characteristic wit and style’
PETER ROBINSON
‘Vargas’s books are?cunning, corkscrew murder mysteries’
A.J. FINN
After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears.
It isn’t long before Adamsberg is investigating a series of rumours and allegations that take him to the south of France. Decades ago, at La Miséricorde orphanage, shocking events took place involving the same species of spider: the recluse.
For Adamsberg, these haunting crimes hold the key to proving that the three men were targeted by an ingenious serial killer. His team, however, is not convinced. He must put his reputation on the line to trace the murderer before the death toll rises?
| Weight | 0.648 kg |
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| Dimensions | 24 × 16.2 × 3.7 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 409 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Hardback original |
| Dewey | 843.92 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
