# The First Fingerprint

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- Book: [The First Fingerprint](https://www.bookquiver.com/xavier-marie-bonnot/the-first-fingerprint) ([The First Fingerprint.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/xavier-marie-bonnot/the-first-fingerprint.md))
- Authors: [Xavier-Marie Bonnot](https://www.bookquiver.com/xavier-marie-bonnot)
- Publisher: maclehose_press
- ISBN: 978-18-4724-352-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2008-05-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

In a prehistoric underwater cavern off the coast of Marseilles are the first human engravings known to man. Among them is a crude drawing of a three-fingered hand, which has long puzzled archaeologists. Is it a hunting signal? A mystic sign invoking the spirits? Or is it, as many believe, evidence of ritual amputation in a Shamanistic world? The one who names himself 'The Hunter' apparently believes the latter. Driven by strange voices to kill and mutilate, he severs the body parts of his victims - and always signs his horrific crimes with a drawing of a three-fingered hand. The identity of this brutal killer is unfathomable, but Michel de Palma, of the Marseilles murder squad, has never lost a case, and he is not going to start now. De Palma heads to the University to investigate, but the clique of pre-history professors he encounters are as secretive as the cave-drawing itself. Slowly and alone, de Palma unravels a mystery that dates back to the Ice Age - and comes closer to discovering the killer's identity. But the academic community protect their own, and de Palma is no longer welcome in their circle…