In a small Parisian square, the ancient tradition of the town crier
continues into modern times. The self-appointed crier, Joss Le
Guern, reads out the daily news, snippets of gossip, and lately,
ominous messages -- placed in his handmade wooden message box by an
anonymous source -- that warn of an imminent onset of the bubonic
plague.
Concerned, Le Guern brings the puzzling notes to the bumbling
but brilliant Chief Inspector Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his
straight-edged, right-hand man, Adrien Danglard. When strange signs
that were historically believed to ward off the black death start
to appear on the doors of several buildings, Adamsberg takes notice
and suspects a connection with Le Guern's warnings. After a
flea-bitten corpse with plague-like symptoms is found in one of the
marked buildings, Fred Vargas's inimitable genius chief inspector
is under pressure to solve the mystery and restore calm to a
panicked Paris. But is it a real case of the bubonic scourge, or
just a sinister trick designed to frighten as the body count grows
and the culprit continues to elude the police?
Peopled with charming and eccentric Gallic characters, and
packed with gripping historical detail, "Have Mercy on Us All" is a
complex, surprising, and stylish tale from France's finest mystery
writer.
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