Lacroix calls on the local sorceress to help him solve what appears to be a ritual killing.

David Calder plays Lieutenant General Lacroix, trying to police France despite the turmoil of the Revolution.

Nigel Baldwin’s detective series set in Amiens, 1791.

Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder
Monet ... Brian Hibbard
Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson
Madeleine .... Frances Tomelty
Didier .... Steve Hodson
Roland .... Christian Rodska
Mme des Chats ... Sue Roderick
Surgeon ... Matthew Morgan
Duval ... Simon Ludders

Original music by Paula Gardiner.

Director: Alison Hindell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995. Show less