Sans Atout et le cheval fantôme

Synopsis of Sans Atout et le cheval fantôme

«Sans Atout et le cheval fantôme» is the young-adult mystery novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, published by Editions Gallimard in paperback.

François, nicknamed Sans Atout, spends a few days at Kermoal Castle in Brittany and suspects that the Jaouen family, who look after the castle, are hiding something. When Jean-Marc, the Jaouens' son, warns him of a ghost horse that appears at midnight, Sans Atout begins to investigate the castle's underground passages.

First instalment of the Sans Atout series. The work was originally published in 1971; this Folio Junior edition appeared in 1997. Text in French.

Recommended for readers aged 9 to 12.