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Author
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg mystery volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
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 out the daily news, snippets of gossip, and lately, ominous messages--placed in his handmade wooden message box by an anonymous source--that warn of an imminent...
Author
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg mystery volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In this frightening and surprising novel, the eccentric,wayward genius of Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against the deep-rooted mysteries of one Alpine village's history and a very present problem: wolves.Disturbing things have been happening up in the French mountains; more and more sheep are being found with their throats torn out. The evidence points to a wolf of unnatural size and strength. However Suzanne Rosselin thinks it is the work of a...
Author
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg mystery volume 4
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut, and despite the common assumption that the crime is a drug-related incident, Commissaire Adamsberg becomes convinced that the deaths are the work of a serial killer with split personalities and enlists the assistance of pathologist Ariane Lagarde to help him unravel the truth.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Commissaire Adamsberg, the chief of police in Paris's 7th Arrondissement, is called to the scene of a ghastly and highly unusual murder, he thinks it can't have anything to do with the nine pairs of shoes and severed feet discovered outside of London's Highgate Cemetery just a few days earlier. With the help of the murdered man's gifted physician, Adamsberg delves into the victim's disturbed psyche and unexpectedly finds himself on a path that...
Author
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg mystery volume 7
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
More than ten million copies of Fred Vargass Commissaire Adamsberg mysteries have been sold worldwide. Now, American readers are getting hooked on the internationally bestselling authors unsettling blend of crime and the supernatural. As the chief of police in Pariss seventh arrondissement, Commissaire Adamsberg has no jurisdiction in Ordebec. Yet, he cannot ignore a widows plea. Her daughter Lina has seen a vision...
Author
Series
Commissaire Adamsberg mystery volume 10
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder has been made to look like a suicide. But a strange symbol found at the crime scene leads the local police to call Commissaire Adamsberg and his team. When the symbol is found near the body of a second disguised suicide, a pattern begins to emerge: both victims were part of a disastrous expedition to Iceland over ten years ago where a group of tourists found themselves trapped on a deserted...
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