<p><b> ** <i>Sunday Times</i> Crime Book of the Month **</b><br><br><b>The exhilarating new Inspector Adamsberg novel from France''s multi-million-copy bestselling crime fiction star</b><br><br><b>**A <i>NEW STATESMAN</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**</b><br><br><b>''Adamsberg is one of my favourite detectives... I so enjoyed <i>This Poison Will Remain</i>'' ANN CLEEVES</b><br><br><br>After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. <br><br>But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears.<br><br>It isn''t long before Adamsberg is investigating a series of rumours and allegations that take him to the south of France. Decades ago, at La Mis¿corde orphanage, shocking events took place involving the same species of spider: the recluse.<br><br>For Adamsberg, these haunting crimes hold the key to proving that the three men were targeted by an ingenious serial kille