Fred Vargas

From the #1 bestselling French author and four-time winner of the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger Award French crime queen's new mystery--her best yet.--The Sunday Times (Must Reads) "Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action."--Peter...

Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers.--Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police Series "A wildly imaginative series."--The New York Times From the #1 bestselling French author and...

The popular Parisian mystery by the international bestselling mystery writer, Fred Vargas, whom the French have hailed as the next Henning Mankell.In a small Parisian square, the ancient tradition of the town crier continues into modern times. The self-appointed crier, Joss Le Guern, reads...

The second book by a major international mystery writer: this "exciting and careful whodunit is well-executed, page turning crime fiction" (Publishers Weekly).A small mountain community in the French Alps is roused to terror when they awaken each morning to find yet another of their...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2018 When two Parisian women are shockingly murdered in their homes, the police suspect young accordionist Clément Vauquer, who was seen outside both of the apartments in question. It seems on the surface like an open-and-shut case. But...

Originally published: [Paris], France: Editions Viviane Hamy, 1997.Author: Fred VargasISBN-10: 1846559987ISBN-13: 9781846559983Publisher: Harvill SeckerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2018Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 02/05/2018Booklist 03/01/2018 pg. 24About the AuthorFred Vargas is a French medieval historian and archaeologist by profession, and...

"Wildly imaginative."--The New York Times "Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action."--Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series When blue chalk circles begin to appear on the pavement in neighborhoods...

"Wildly imaginative."--The New York Times "Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action."--Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series As the chief of police in Paris's seventh arrondissement, Commissaire Adamsberg has...

Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers. --Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police Series "A wildly imaginative series."--The New York Times Awarded the International Dagger by the...

Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer "A wildly imaginative series."--The New York Times...

"Wildly imaginative."--The New York Times "Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action."--Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series Three wounds in a perfectly straight line was the bloody signature that...