This Poison Will Remain

When three elderly men are killed by spider bites, their deaths are assumed to be tragic accidents. But at his Paris headquarters, Inspector Adamsberg suspects that the case is something far more complex.

Before long he is following a trail of rumours that leads him to an orphanage in the south of France where, decades earlier, shocking events took place involving the same species of spider. For the inspector, these crimes are key to proving that the three men were victims of an ingenious serial killer.

But unable to convince his team, Adamsberg must put his own reputation on the line to trace the murderer before the death toll rises . . .