{"product_id":"the-ghost-riders-of-ordebec-isbn-9780143123125","title":"The Ghost Riders of Ordebec","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Wildly imaginative.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the chief of police in Paris’s seventh arrondissement, Commissaire Adamsberg has no jurisdiction in Ordebec. Yet, he cannot ignore a widow’s plea. Her daughter Lina has seen a vision of the Ghost Riders with four nefarious men. According to the thousand-year-old legend, the vision means that the men will soon die a grisly death. When one of them disappears, Adamsberg races to Ordebec, where he becomes entranced by the gorgeous Lina—and embroiled in the small Normandy town’s ancient feud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Riders of Ordebec\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exquisite… only Christopher Fowler's Peculiar Crimes Unit can compare with the Paris policeman's eccentric colleagues in the Serious Crime Squad, who include a narcoleptic, a walking encyclopedia, and a naturalist…Vargas's combination of humor and fair-play plotting, reminiscent of John Dickson Carr, has never been better.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Vargas’s] mysteries are darkly whimsical—magical realism with its feet on the ground in a highly entertaining French way.”—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Prodigious”—Philly.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Fred Vargas and her Commissaire Adamsberg Mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wildly imaginative series.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Spry, ironic, yet fully engaged with the horror of contemporary reality”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “It's a full, rich and strange plate.” — \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[A] high degree of intelligence, sophistication and perversity informs [Vargas’] fiction…I continue to be delighted by the workings of [her] imagination. It’s a tangled web she weaves, and a hard one to escape.”—Patrick Anderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Bizarre crimes drive Vargas…who’s won the CWA International Dagger three times, [and] keeps her zany plot under tight control all the way to the surprising finish.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Few crime stories are as apt to leave a reader wondering so ardently: Who dunnit?...Vargas’ characters are like something out of a fairy tale – eternal opposites, ever-renewing archetypes despite their fresh adventures each time. That’s why each novel’s opening feels new.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Vargas writes with the startling imagery and absurdist wit of a latter-day Anouilh, about fey characters who live in a wonderful bohemian world that never was but should have been.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Anyone who enjoys kooky characters and intricate detail will happily follow Vargas along.” – \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Readers should settle in to be unsettled. Delight is found not so much in the details of plot as in the oddities of character. The crime, the suspects, and the commissaire are all pleasantly off-kilter and equally baffling. A definite pick for Francophile mystery buffs who also enjoy Georges Simenon's Maigret series and Pierre Magnan (\u003ci\u003eDeath in the Truffle Wood\u003c\/i\u003e).”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“As droll and fascinating as \u003ci\u003ela ville lumière\u003c\/i\u003e itself.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Adamsberg, always an intuitive sleuth rather than a rational one, is the perfect hero for a series where reality is always a moving target.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Worlds that closely resemble the real one, except that beliefs, tales, apparitions, even professions, from the Middle Ages fit in seamlessly.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Vargas is, by some distance, the hottest property in contemporary crime fiction.” – \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Vargas’ characters inhabit a world where reason and myth collide, and the result is a thrilling read.”—\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Vargas [is] beyond doubt a cool, clever, original and deeply humane crime writer.” – \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“It is enthralling and great fun from start to finish…all done with great nerve, wit and invention.” – \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman \u003c\/i\u003e(Scotland)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Only one’s dreams after a champagne-fuelled night at the Follies Bergere have quite the same nightmarish-but-entertaining quality as Vargas’s delightful crime novels.” – \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[Vargas is] one of the most exciting, addictive and inventive purveyor of classy crime fiction currently pounding the publishing beat.”— \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I’d recommend any and all of Fred Vargas’ detective stories…Vargas has a particular respect for misfits and failures. I admire her humour and her sense of pace.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Observer \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cb\u003eFred Vargas\u003c\/b\u003e is an archaeologist, a historian, and an internationally bestselling author. She lives in Paris.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302679007461,"sku":"NP9780143123125","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143123125.jpg?v=1767739502","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ghost-riders-of-ordebec-isbn-9780143123125","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}