Shiver during your vacationHaute-Vienne in 8 thrillers

Shiver with Limousin

Already thrilled by Limousin? Today, it’s going to thrill you! 🫣 We’ve concocted a tour of the Haute-Vienne in 8 thrillers to thrill you on our Limousin lands. 📖 From Limoges to Oradour, via Saint-Léonard de Noblat or Châlus, our authors have honed their pens to cook up scary stories set in our historic cities and the peaceful Limousin countryside. 🕵️ An original way to explore our department… and plenty to scare you during your vacation in Limousin! Do you dare to tackle our terrifying selection of thrillers and noir novels? On your marks, get set, fire away! 🔫

A quick of a view

1. Terminus: The station in black

New black girls in Limoges station

Journey to the land of crime fiction, with 5 dark short stories from Limoges station.

Five local authors lend a dark veil to the spectacular Benedictine station, with tales of tormented destinies. The illustrations and photos set the scene and plunge you into a dark atmosphere.

A must-read if you’re a thriller fan on vacation in Haute-Vienne… whether you come by train or not! 🚂

Discover Limoges station

2. Sherlock Holmes in Limousin

Investigation in Châlus

Sherlock Holmes in Limousin! Invited to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the death of King Richard the Lionheart at the Château de Châlus, he finds himself on the hunt for the legendary bandit Burgou.

With his sidekick Doctor Watson, the famous detective plunges into a world of old stones and wild forests to try and put an end to the bandit’s activities.

Would you like to follow in the footsteps of the English sleuth? Go to Châlucet. The ruins of a castle in the middle of the woods are the perfect spot to get you in the mood!

Discover the Richard the Lionheart route

3. The mystery of Châlucet

by Laurent Bourdelas

When past and present intertwine… Beware, knights and officers!

In this detective story, Laurent Bourdelas blends episodes from the history of the Limousin with a contemporary police investigation. Set against the backdrop of one of the most emblematic sites around Limoges and Solignac: the ruined fortress of Châlucet.

It’s on the rocky outcrop where the castle perches that we invite you to devour this investigation with original suspense. ⚔️

Discover the Château de Châlucet

4. East wind on the Collégiale

by Laurence Jardy

All hell breaks loose in the medieval city of Saint-Léonard de Noblat. A young woman is kidnapped in the run-up to the Olympic Games. More disappearances follow, and links with the Russian mafia emerge.

A breathless investigation by Captain Arkhipov that you won’t be able to put down until its conclusion!

The story doesn’t say whether the policeman went to touch the bolt in the collegiate church to enlist the help of Saint Leonard, patron saint of prisoners. 😁

Discover Saint-Léonard de Noblat

Collégiale St Léonard De Noblat (d.guillemain)

Maurice Gauthier - greeter Oradour-sur-Glane

5. Morning of ashes

by Franck Liniol

In this dark detective story, the author revisits the dark hours of Limousin history with the reopening of the Oradour massacre case. A joint investigation by the German and French police forces that blends history, detective fiction and current events.

Did you like it? Franck Liniol has already published a dozen opuses in his detective series “Meurtres en Limousin”…You’ll never run out of thrills during your stay in Limousin!

Discover Oradour sur Glane

6. The Penitent's Kiss

by Véronique Bréger

Mysterious Penitents sowing terror in their wake, men ready to do anything to recover a precious relic, a plague straight out of the history books…

The private detective will have his work cut out for him in this race against time to foil the Grim Reaper and bring out the Truth!

This Limousin investigation will take you from Aubusson to Rome, via the banks of the Creuse and the underground passages of the Règle in Limoges.

Discover Le souterrain de la Règle

Château de Châlus Chabrol, Route Richard Coeur de Lion

7. Little apple

by Rudi Molleman

An atrocious crime is committed in Châlus, a peaceful village in the Limousin. The investigation takes the detectives to the 4 corners of France, Portugal and the UK, with the help of the legendary Tiger Brigades and Scotland Yard.

Based on true events at the turn of the century, this was one of the toughest criminal cases to hit the Limousin.

With his talent for storytelling, the author plunges you into an investigation full of twists and turns. 🚓

Discover Châlus-Chabrol castle

8. The goat man

by Éric Corbeyran and Aurélien Morinière

A disturbing disappearance, a strange naked man with a goat’s head, sacrificial animals… With this masterfully drawn graphic novel, you’re transported to a mysterious Limousin, with its deep forests and ancient beliefs.

Be careful not to get lost in the book, and its dark, eerie world, part noir novel, part comic strip, part fantasy, part witchcraft…

Once you’ve turned the last page, take a breath and enjoy a walk in the woods… in complete safety, I promise! 🌳

Stroll through our forests