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This Night's Foul Work
Fred Vargas
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Description for This Night's Foul Work
Paperback. On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. It is assumed that this is a drug-related incident of the kind so often uncovered in that area of town. But Adamsberg is convinced that there is more to it. Anxious to keep control of the case, he must call in a favor from the pathologist Ariane Lagarde. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Series: Commissaire Adamsberg. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. In Normandy, two stags have been killed and their hearts cut out. Meanwhile a seventy-five-year-old nurse who has murdered several of her patients has escaped from prison. Is there a connection between the three cases?
In this mystery, Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against nemeses past and present: Ariane Lagarde, France's foremost pathologist and Adamsberg's enemy since they argued over a case twenty-three years earlier, and Louis Veyrenc, a new recruit with a grudge, who has been assigned the job of protecting the Commissaire's ex-girlfriend. As ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099507628
SKU
V9780099507628
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About Fred Vargas
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.
Reviews for This Night's Foul Work
Fred Vargas ... is rapidly asserting herself as one of the most impressive working crime writers
Metro
Stylish prose and strong characters
Financial Times
Irresistibly gripping, powerfully written and quite often frightening
The Times
The fascination of Fred Vargas's books is due as much to her characters as her plots... sit back and enjoy ... Read more
Metro
Stylish prose and strong characters
Financial Times
Irresistibly gripping, powerfully written and quite often frightening
The Times
The fascination of Fred Vargas's books is due as much to her characters as her plots... sit back and enjoy ... Read more