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A Calamity of Souls is the gripping historical courtroom drama from the multimillion copy number one bestselling author

Because she might be next

They can't hang me

It's a brutal crime at the time of year when there should be goodwill to all

Stuck in time and entrenched in elusive traditions

A case of matricide Jeffry P. Lindsay Orion Books FF Paperback 2008 A Calamity of Souls isIn the unremarkable French town of Saint Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her; a prominent manufacturer drops dead. Between visits to the town's hostelries, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections, if any, between these events, while all the time grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.