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A novel by Edgar Faure (pseud. Edgar Sanday), a crime story with elements of social satire, set in a French provincial town. The atmosphere is imbued with tension and irony, and the language flows with ease, making the work attractive and intriguing.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta's first case. And while police lieutenant Pete Marino and Benton Wesley, the FBI's specialist in criminal psychology, go round and round trying to get inside the killer's deranged mind.
First published in 1945, this novel explores the mystery of the death of Rosemary Barton, a young woman who died during a dinner with friends, apparently as a result of suicide caused by cyanide poisoning.
In the midst of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, four young women from a Basque convent are suddenly forced to flee from a Francoist attack. With them is a precious gold cross adorned with rubies that hides a centuries-old secret.
