{"product_id":"9781623655068","title":"The Voice of the Spirits: A Commandant de Palma Investigation","description":"When Commandant Michel  de Palma follows an anonymous tip-off to a gated mansion by the coast,  he finds a body whose face is obscured by a fearsome tribal mask,  beneath it a mysterious wound that could not have been caused by a  bullet. Surrounded by scores of masks and painted skulls, de Palma hears  the haunting strains of a primal flute from the floors above.  With few leads to go on, de Palma delves into an account of the  murdered doctor's voyage to Papua New Guinea seventy years earlier,  accompanied by a fellow amasser of Oceanic art, Robert Ballancourt. As  the doctor's attractive but distant granddaughter offers de Palma  further insights into her grandfather's second life as an intrepid  collector, he and his team stumble upon an art-smuggling ring working  out of Marseilles' dilapidated docks. But when his chief suspect is  found dead, killed by the same method as Dr. Delorme, even de Palma  begins to wonder whether the bodies on his hands are the victims of  spirits intent on revenge.  The rituals of Papuan warriors and headhunters-whose traditional  way of life endured until deep into the twentieth century-form the  intriguing backdrop to The Voice of the Spirits, another subtle yet  satisfying novel from one of France's most original and  thought-provoking crime writers. ","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151765848304,"sku":"9781623655068","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623655068_p0.jpg?v=1763862991","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623655068","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}