The Frozen Dead by Bernard Minier - ISBN: 9781444732269
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A headless horse, a killer’s DNA, and a snowbound valley.

The Frozen Dead

Now on Netflix, the Commandant Servaz series

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  • Paperback

    496 pages

  • Release Date

    8 April 2014

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Summary

Saint-Martin-de-Comminges is a small town nestled in the Pyrenees. The kind of place where nothing happens. Until the winter morning when a group of workers discover the headless body of a horse, hanging suspended from a frozen cliff. Toulouse city cop Commandant Servaz can’t believe he’s been told to investigate the death of an animal. But there’s something disturbing about the crime he can’t ignore.

Then DNA from one of the most notorious inmates of a nearby asylum is found on the h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781444732269
ISBN-10:1444732269
Author:Bernard Minier, Alison Anderson
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Mulholland Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:496
Release Date:8 April 2014
Weight:344g
Dimensions:197mm x 131mm x 32mm
Series:Commandant Servaz
What They're Saying

Critics Review

This densely written and very atmospheric thriller is Minier’s first novel. It has been a bestseller in France and, in this well-translated English edition, deserves to be one here

Revenge is at the heart of this clever mystery, which involves a plot as cold-blooded as the slaying of the horse. - Sunday Times

This densely written and very atmospheric thriller is Minier’s first novel. It has been a bestseller in France and, in this well-translated English edition, deserves to be one here. - Literary Review

An enjoyable and fast-paced thriller. - Sunday Business Post

Chilling. - Elle

The writing is razor sharp and nothing goes to waste. Enough to make other authors jealous. - Femme Actuelle

The Frozen Dead is a boiling-hot success. - Le Point

Remember the name Bernard Minier… he might well take his places among the masters of French thrillers. - Le Figaro

About The Author

Bernard Minier

Bernard Minier grew up at the foot of the Pyrenees. He has received several awards for his short stories, and THE FROZEN DEAD is his first crime novel.

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