The devil's cave : a mystery of the French countryside
(Book)

"Originally published in Great Britain by Quercus Publishing PLC, London, in 2012, and subsequently published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC, New York, in 2013"--Title page verso.

"It's spring in St. Denis. The village choir is preparing for its Easter concert, the wildflowers are blooming, annd among the lazy whorls of the river a dead woman is found floating in a boat. This means another case for Bruno, the town's cherished chief of police. With the discovery of sinister markings and black candles near the body, it seems to Bruno that the occult might be involved. And as questions mount--most notably about a troubling real estate proposal in the region and the sudden reappearance of an elderly countess--Bruno and his colleagues are drawn ever closer to a climatic showdown in the Gouffre de Colombac: the place locals call the Devil's Cave."--Back cover.