by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon · Actes Sud · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330026981
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«Messe noire» is the historical crime novel by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon, published by Actes Sud in paperback (464 pages, in French).
In 1749, a young woman is found dead on a tomb in a Parisian cemetery; only a host, a crucifix, and five fingerprints serve as clues. Sartine, lieutenant general of police, fears black masses may resurface under Louis XV and entrusts the investigation to the commissioner of strange deaths and his companion, a heretical monk.
Second installment of the «Commissaire aux morts étranges» series, number 105 in the Babel Noir collection; won the Prix du roman policier historique 2013.
For fans of historical crime fiction and mysteries set in eighteenth-century Paris.
