French crime queen's new mystery – her best yet.

Sunday Times

[Vargas] has won the CWA international dagger four times, confirming her place in the top rank of contemporary crime writers... [<i>A Climate of Fear</i>] is easily the best thing she has ever done... The idea of history repeating itself is at the heart of this stunning novel, which confirms Vargas’ fine understanding of the unchanging nature of human passions.

Sunday Times

A reminder that Fred Vargas is one of the most entertainingly eccentric of all current European crime writers... [It] demonstrates why Vargas is so highly esteemed... Highly impressive.

- Barry Forshaw, Independent

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Vargas writes with strength, erudition and unique imagination... In the crowded world of crime fiction, she's a valuable one-off. <i>A Climate of Fear</i> is one of her best.

- Marcel Berlins, The Times

A rich and remarkable work that may be her masterpiece.

Crime Scene

*Featured in The Times top ten crime novels of the decade*THE NEW INSPECTOR ADAMSBERG NOVELShortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2017A woman is found dead in her bath. The murder has been disguised as a suicide and a strange symbol is discovered at the scene.Then the symbol is observed near a second victim, who ten years earlier had also taken part in a doomed expedition to Iceland.How are these deaths, and rumours of an Icelandic demon, linked to a secretive local society? And what does the mysterious sign mean? Commissaire Adamsberg is about to find out.
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*Featured in The Times top ten crime novels of the decade*THE NEW INSPECTOR ADAMSBERG NOVELShortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2017A woman is found dead in her bath.
French crime queen's new mystery – her best yet.
In the new novel from France's bestselling crime writer, Inspector Adamsberg investigates a series of strange murders linked to a secretive society

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781784702625
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
293 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biographical note

Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.