The frozen dead - Bernard Minier

One of the Sunday Times 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers Since 1945

Now on Netflix, the Commandant Servaz series: The Frozen Dead

'Great storytelling, with a creeping sense of dread that would not disgrace Stephen King at his best' Daily Mail

One winter morning, in a small town nestled in the Pyrenees, a group of workers discover the headless body of a horse, hanging suspended from a frozen cliff.

Toulouse city cop Servaz is sent to investigate the disturbing crime.

When DNA from one of the most notorious inmates of a nearby asylum is found on the corpse the case takes a darker turn...and then first human victim is found.

The twists and come thick and fast in this suspenseful thriller as Servaz races to uncover the town's dark secret before the killer strikes again.