A case of matricide Jeffry P. Lindsay Orion Books FF Paperback 2008 A harrowing crime scene

A harrowing crime scene

Stuck in time and entrenched in elusive traditions

Because she might be next

The newspaper refers to the dead body only as Victim 2117 - the two thousand

Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh's most fascinating murder mysteries

A case of matricide Jeffry P. Lindsay Orion Books FF Paperback 2008 A harrowing crime sceneIn the unremarkable French town of Saint Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her; a prominent manufacturer drops dead. Between visits to the town's hostelries, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections, if any, between these events, while all the time grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.