Madonna and Corpse
Reeks: Body Farm Novella
Jefferson Bass
- Renowned
- bone
- detective
- Bill
- Brockton
- and
- his
- intrepid
- assistant,
- Miranda,
- are
- about
- to
- get
- immersed
- in
- murder
- and
- intrigue
- in
- Avignon,
- France,
- home
- of
- the
- popes
- for
- most
- of
- the
- fourteenth
- century.
- But
- first,
- in
- this
- artful
- prequel
- to
- The
- Inquisitor's
- Key,
- other
- mischief
- is
- afoot
- in
- the
- ancient
- walled
- city.
- Inspector
- René
- Descartes
- of
- the
- French
- National
- Police
- is
- roused
- from
- a
- deep
- sleep
- to
- investigate
- a
- break-in
- at
- the
- Petit
- Palais,
- Avignon's
- museum
- of
- medieval
- masterpieces.
- Descartes's
- discovery
- plunges
- him
- into
- an
- elaborate,
- art-lined
- labyrinth:
- a
- labyrinth
- that
- leads
- him
- to
- a
- master
- forger's
- studio
- .
- .
- .
- and
- to
- a
- charred
- corpse.
- Just
- as
- he's
- finally
- closing
- the
- case,
- Descartes
- gets
- called
- to
- an
- even
- more
- bizarre
- death
- scene,
- where
- his
- path—and
- his
- fate—will
- collide
- with
- those
- of
- Brockton
- and Miranda.
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