The First Man: A Commandant Michel de Palma Investigation - Softcover

Bonnot, Xavier-Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857053949 ISBN 13: 9780857053947

Publisher: MacLehose Press, 2015

Synopsis

Commandant Michel de Palma, known by his colleagues as 'the Baron', has chosen early retirement and plans to travel the world. But he is dragged back into the force when a case that has haunted him for a decade erupts once more.

Resurfacing from Le Guen's Cave, a prehistoric grotto thirty-eight metres below sea level outside Marseille, an experienced diver mysteriously gets into difficulties. Meanwhile, Thomas Autran, a serial killer with  a peculiar interest in the supernatural, suffering from a dangerous form of schizophrenia, is once again on the run.

Ancient cave paintings, savage murders committed according to a precise ritual: a return to the first ages of humanity, the era of the great Palaeolithic hunters. And despite the gory trail left at each crime scene, de Palma must first understand the child, the secrets of a family, a story of exploitation - and revenge - before  he can track down the First Man.

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Keeps up the pace, twisting and turning to ensure you don't stop flipping those pages - Buzz on The Voice of the Spirits Intriguing and enjoyable - Eurocrime on Voice of the Spirits

Book Description

A deadly former adversary resurfaces in the fourth Commandant De Palma Investigation.

About this edition

• Publisher: MacLehose Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0857053949
• ISBN 13: 9780857053947
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352