Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand Av Fred Vargas

<p>Between 1943 and 2003 nine people have been stabbed to death with a most unusual weapon: a trident. In each case, arrests were made, suspects confessed their crimes and were sentenced to life in prison. One slightly worrying detail: each presumed murderer lost consciousness during the night of the crime and has no recollection of it. <br><br>Commissaire Adamsberg is convinced all the murders are the work of one person, the terrifying Judge Fulgence. Years before, Adamsberg''s own brother had been the principal suspect in a similar case and avoided prison only thanks to Adamsberg''s help.<br><br>History repeats itself when Adamsberg, who is temporarily based in Quebec for a training mission, is accused of having savagely murdered a young woman he had met. In order to prove his innocence, Adamsberg must go on the run from the Canadian police and find Judge Fulgence.<br><br><b>Winner of the 2007 Duncan Lawrie International Dagger for <i>The Three Evangelists</i>.</b></p>