Mystery
Seeking Whom He May Devour
2004·288 pages
A French Alps village panics over sheep killings and werewolf fears as Adamsberg untangles folklore, buried secrets, and murder.
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A French Alps village panics over sheep killings and werewolf fears as Adamsberg untangles folklore, buried secrets, and murder.
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The second book by a major international mystery writer: this "exciting and careful whodunit is well-executed, page turning crime fiction" ( Publishers Weekly ). A small mountain community in the French Alps is roused to terror when they awaken each morning to find yet another of their sheep with its throat torn out. One of the villagers thinks it might be a werewolf, and when she's found killed in the same manner, people begin to wonder if she might have been right. Suspicion falls on Massart, ...
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Sexual content
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Mild romantic tension involving Camille and Adamsberg
Violence & gore
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Sheep with throats torn out; human murder by the same method
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Werewolf folklore and village superstition fuel fear and suspicion
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Recurring animal killings; sheep found with throats torn out
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