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MYSTERIES
Chief Inspector Adamsberg
The Chalk Circle Man
• Fred Vargas
MYSTERY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 247 PAGES
This first novel in the series praised for its intelligence, wit, and macabre imagination introduces the unorthodox detective Commissaire Adamsberg. Fred Vargas is Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau, an anthropologist by profession and an award-winning, best-selling mystery writer by avocation. Her hero Adamsberg is a cranky, off-beat character who solves crimes with intuition rather than deduction. Hers are first-rate mysteries in the tradition of Simenon.
(FRN847, $14.00) |
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Have Mercy on Us All
• Fred Vargas
MYSTERY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 353 PAGES
Fred Vargas is Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau, an anthropologist by profession and an award-winning, best-selling mystery writer by avocation. Her hero Adamsberg is a cranky, off-beat character who solves crimes with intuition rather than deduction. Hers are first-rate mysteries in the tradition of Simenon. Originally published in 2003 as Pars vite et reviens tard, third in the series.
(FRN849, $15.00) |
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Seeking Whom He May Devour
• Fred Vargas
MYSTERY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 289 PAGES
Fred Vargas is Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau, an anthropologist by profession and an award-winning, best-selling mystery writer by avocation. Her hero Adamsberg is a cranky, off-beat character who solves crimes with intuition rather than deduction. Hers are first-rate mysteries in the tradition of Simenon. Number two in the series, originally published in French in 1999 as L' Homme a l' envers.
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This Night's Foul Work
• Fred Vargas
MYSTERY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 409 PAGES
Fred Vargas is Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau, an anthropologist by profession and an award-winning, best-selling mystery writer by avocation. Her hero Adamsberg is a cranky, off-beat character who solves crimes with intuition rather than deduction. Hers are first-rate mysteries in the tradition of Simenon. Number five in the series, published in French in 2006 as Dans les bois eternels.
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Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand
• Fred Vargas
MYSTERY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 388 PAGES
Fred Vargas is Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau, an anthropologist by profession and an award-winning, best-selling mystery writer by avocation. Her hero Adamsberg is a cranky, off-beat character who solves crimes with intuition rather than deduction. Hers are first-rate mysteries in the tradition of Simenon. Number four in the series, originally published in 2004 as Sous les vents de Neptune.
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