{"product_id":"baptiste-the-blade-must-fall-the-official-prequel-to-the-hit-television-show-paperback","title":"Baptiste: The Blade Must Fall: The Official Prequel to the Hit Television Show - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Hewson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe official prequel to the hit television show \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrance, 1976. Baptiste is an intelligent but somewhat naive detective, sent to work in Clermiers, a town filled with corruption. A girl goes missing, presumed dead after bloody clothes are found close to an illicit party near an abandoned chateau. Baptiste believes he's nailed the culprit, the eccentric Gilles Mailloux. When he appears in court, the public call for the guillotine - and that's the sentence Mailloux gets. But as Mailloux awaits an appeal for clemency, he asks to see Baptiste, who's still haunted by the fact the girl's body remains missing. As the clock ticks towards execution hour, Baptiste begins to realise he may have made a terrible mistake...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Hewson is a former journalist with \u003ci\u003eThe Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of more than twenty-five novels including his Rome-based Nic Costa series, which has been published in fifteen languages. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series \u003ci\u003eThe Killing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47493544083677,"sku":"9781398718043","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/REZNEruLpy9781398718043.webp?v=1771961581","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/baptiste-the-blade-must-fall-the-official-prequel-to-the-hit-television-show-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}