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The Three Evangelists

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series Book 1 - The Three Evangelists
The opera singer Sophia Siméonidis 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 around the tree and see if something has been buried there. They find nothing but ... Read more

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The opera singer Sophia Siméonidis 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 around the tree and see if something has been buried there. They find nothing but
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The Chalk Circle Man

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Sian Reynolds ...

Series Book 1 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
**“Wildly imaginative.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series**When blue chalk circles begin to appear on the pavement in neighborhoods around Paris, Commissaire Adamsberg is alone in thinking that they are far from amusing. As he studies each new circle ... Read more

$9.99 USD

**“Wildly imaginative.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series**When blue chalk circles begin to appear on the pavement in neighborhoods around Paris, Commissaire Adamsberg is alone in thinking that they are far from amusing. As he studies each new circle
... Read more
Dog Will Have His Day

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series Book 2 - The Three Evangelists
Shortlisted for the CWA International DaggerHOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER WITHOUT A BODY?Keeping watch under the windows of the Paris flat belonging to a politician's nephew, ex-special investigator Louis Kehlweiler catches sight of something odd on the pavement. A tiny piece of bone. Human bone, in fact.When Kehlweiler takes his find to the nearest police station, he faces ridicule. Obsessed by the ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the CWA International DaggerHOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER WITHOUT A BODY?Keeping watch under the windows of the Paris flat belonging to a politician's nephew, ex-special investigator Louis Kehlweiler catches sight of something odd on the pavement. A tiny piece of bone. Human bone, in fact.When Kehlweiler takes his find to the nearest police station, he faces ridicule. Obsessed by the
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The Accordionist

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series Book 3 - The Three Evangelists
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2018When two Parisian women are murdered in their homes, the police suspect young accordionist Clément Vauquer. As he was seen outside both of the apartments in question, it seems like an open-and-shut case.Desperate for a chance to prove his innocence, Clément disappears. He seeks refuge with old Marthe, the only mother figure he has ever known, who ... Read more

$19.09 USD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2018When two Parisian women are murdered in their homes, the police suspect young accordionist Clément Vauquer. As he was seen outside both of the apartments in question, it seems like an open-and-shut case.Desperate for a chance to prove his innocence, Clément disappears. He seeks refuge with old Marthe, the only mother figure he has ever known, who
... Read more
Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Sian Reynolds ...

Series Book 2 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
“Wildly imaginative.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks seriesThree wounds in a perfectly straight line was the bloody signature that marked victims from every corner of France who had been murdered over the course of thirty years. Commissaire Jean-Baptiste ... Read more

$13.99 USD

“Wildly imaginative.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks seriesThree wounds in a perfectly straight line was the bloody signature that marked victims from every corner of France who had been murdered over the course of thirty years. Commissaire Jean-Baptiste
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An Uncertain Place

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Sian Reynolds ...

Series Book 4 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
**"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers."—Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police Series“A wildly imaginative series.”—The New York TimesFrom the #1 bestselling French author and four-time winner of the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger Award.**When Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

**"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers."—Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police Series“A wildly imaginative series.”—The New York TimesFrom the #1 bestselling French author and four-time winner of the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger Award.**When Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, the
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This Poison Will Remain

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Sian Reynolds ...

Series Book 7 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer**“A wildly imaginative series.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer**“A wildly imaginative series.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
A Climate of Fear

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Sian Reynolds ...

Series Book 6 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
From the #1 bestselling French author and four-time winner of the Crime Writers’ Association’s International Dagger Award**"French crime queen's new mystery—her best yet."—The Sunday Times ("Must Reads")“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series**A woman is found murdered in ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

From the #1 bestselling French author and four-time winner of the Crime Writers’ Association’s International Dagger Award**"French crime queen's new mystery—her best yet."—The Sunday Times ("Must Reads")“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series**A woman is found murdered in
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Ghost Riders of Ordebec

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Sian Reynolds ...

Series Book 5 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
“Wildly imaginative.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks seriesAs the chief of police in Paris’s seventh arrondissement, Commissaire Adamsberg has no jurisdiction in Ordebec. Yet, he cannot ignore a widow’s plea. Her daughter Lina has seen a vision of the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

“Wildly imaginative.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks seriesAs the chief of police in Paris’s seventh arrondissement, Commissaire Adamsberg has no jurisdiction in Ordebec. Yet, he cannot ignore a widow’s plea. Her daughter Lina has seen a vision of the
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
This Night's Foul Work

by Fred Vargas ...

Translated by Sian Reynolds ...

Series Book 3 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
**"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers." —Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police Series“A wildly imaginative series.”—The New York Times**Awarded the International Dagger by the Crime Writers' Association four times, Fred Vargas has earned a reputation in Europe as a mystery author of the first order. In ... Read more

$13.99 USD

**"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers." —Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police Series“A wildly imaginative series.”—The New York Times**Awarded the International Dagger by the Crime Writers' Association four times, Fred Vargas has earned a reputation in Europe as a mystery author of the first order. In
... Read more
Audiobook

This Poison Will Remain

by Fred Vargas ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Series series Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
Unabridged

12 hours 48 min

"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers." —MARTIN WALKER, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police seriesA murder in Paris brings Commissaire Adamsberg out of the Icelandic mists of his previous investigation and unexpectedly into the region of Nîmes, where three old men have died of spider bites. The recluse has a sneaky ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers." —MARTIN WALKER, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police seriesA murder in Paris brings Commissaire Adamsberg out of the Icelandic mists of his previous investigation and unexpectedly into the region of Nîmes, where three old men have died of spider bites. The recluse has a sneaky
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

The Ghost Riders of Ordebec

by Fred Vargas ...

Narrated by David Rintoul ...

Series Audiobook 5 - A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery
Unabridged

12 hours 3 min

A # 1 French and Italian bestseller from the three-time winner of the CWA’s International Dagger AwardMore than ten million copies of Fred Vargas’s Commissaire Adamsberg mysteries have been sold worldwide. Now, American readers are getting hooked on the internationally bestselling author’s unsettling blend of crime and the supernatural.As the chief of police in Paris’s seventh arrondissement, ... Read more

$17.50 USD

Also available as: eBook

A # 1 French and Italian bestseller from the three-time winner of the CWA’s International Dagger AwardMore than ten million copies of Fred Vargas’s Commissaire Adamsberg mysteries have been sold worldwide. Now, American readers are getting hooked on the internationally bestselling author’s unsettling blend of crime and the supernatural.As the chief of police in Paris’s seventh arrondissement,
... Read more

Also available as: eBook