Fred Vargas

Joss Le Guern é um ex-marinheiro que decidiu recuperar um antigo ofício de família: um de seus ancestrais percorria aldeias da Bretanha levando notícias do Império. Le Guern, porém, instala seu pregão em plena Paris de hoje. Em três edições diárias, ele anuncia declarações de amor, protestos e boas novas de quem lhe …

The Chalk Circle Man is a novel by French crime-writer Fred Vargas. The first of her Detective Adamsberg series, it was published in 1991. The novel describes the background of Adamsberg's move to Paris, the origins of his partnership with inspector Danglard, and a glimpse at his elusive relationship with Camille. …

This Night's Foul Work is a crime-novel by French author Fred Vargas, an entry in her Commissaire Adamsberg series. The novel is translated into English by Sian Reynolds, translator of Vargas' two previous novels in English, both of which won the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger for best translated crime novel of …

Após longo afastamento, o retorno dos lobos aos Alpes franceses é saudado por ambientalistas do mundo inteiro. Mas uma série de misteriosas mortes deixa a população em pânico e reaviva uma antiga superstição: os crimes teriam sido cometidos por um lobisomem. A vida até então pacata da pequena aldeia de …

The opera singer Sophia Simeonidis wakes up one morning to discover that a tree has appeared overnight in the garden of her Paris house. Intrigued and unnerved, she turns to her neighbours: Vandoosler, an ex-cop, and three impecunious historians, Mathias, Marc and Lucien - the three evangelists. They agree to dig …

A #1 bestselling author in France, Fred Vargas repeatedly captivates her many admirers across the globe with suspenseful mysteries featuring Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, ?a Gallic cousin to Ruth Rendell?s Chief Inspector Wexford? (The Washington Post). In the same way that Donna Leon?s Commissario Brunetti and …

An Uncertain Place is a 2008 crime novel by the French writer Fred Vargas.