The Barbarian of Aix-en-Provence: The Locked House Murders of Meyrargues
In a quiet Provençal villa, firefighters force open a door and find a mother and daughter bound, gagged, and slaughtered. The house is locked from the inside. Twenty-nine stab wounds. Two throats cut. And no DNA that matches the man everyone suspects.
Alexander Lawson investigates the crimes of Poncé Gaudissard — the bus driver, serial rapist, and suspected double murderer known as the Barbarian of Aix-en-Provence. A workplace connection. Identical knots. A pattern of violence stretching back decades. And a case that still divides opinion because the forensic evidence never quite lined up…
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