On the Stone Slab

In the night streets of a small Breton town, a lame ghost wanders, disturbing people with the sound of its wooden leg on the pavement. As soon as the ghost appears, one of the residents is soon found murdered. The victims mumble some indistinct words before their death, leading to suspicion falling on none other than a descendant of Chateaubriand, who also looks exactly like the portrait of his great ancestor. Only Commissioner Adamberg can pull the investigation out of the deadlock. This, his twelfth investigation, has become the best-selling detective novel of the year. The famous Fred Vargas, who gifted the world the unforgettable dreamer Commissioner Adamberg, has returned to the detective genre after a six-year silence. Her books have been translated into 32 languages and nearly all have received prestigious awards — among them five “Trophy 813” awards, the legendary “Inky Blood,” the Grand Prix from the readers of Elle magazine, three British “Duncan Lawrie Daggers,” and the Princess of Asturias Award, often referred to as the “Spanish Nobel.”