This Night's Foul Work - Brossura

Vargas, Fred

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ISBN 10: 030739686X ISBN 13: 9780307396860

Casa editrice: Vintage Canada, 2009

Riassunto

A phenomenal bestseller in France, This Night’s Foul Work is another irresistible installment in the internationally acclaimed Commissaire Adamsberg series.

On the edge of Paris two small-time drug dealers have had their throats cut in a peculiar fashion. Setting out on the trail of the shadowy killer, Commissaire Adamsberg and his detectives travel between Paris and the Normandy countryside. Adamsberg’s investigation into these horrible deaths brings him into contact with the attractive Ariane Lagarde –a pathologist who caused him professional grief some twenty-five years ago. There’s also a new lieutenant on the scene, whose ties to Adamsberg’s past create tension and hostility in his present. Vargas has given us another multi-layered, deliciously-paced and thrilling addition to her acclaimed series.

This Night’s Foul Work is the finest novel yet from the wonderful Fred Vargas.
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Recensione:

‘Stylish prose and strong characters’
-James Urquhart, Financial Times

‘Humorous and original eccentricity’
- The Herald

‘If you haven’t cottoned on to Vargas’s brilliant Adamsberg detective series, then you’re missing a treat’
-Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

‘This Night’s Foul Work goes beyond the suspense and plot twists expected of detective fiction as Vargas has created enthralling characters with very real emotions’
-French Magazine

‘I absolutely loved the latest offering from Vargas. The story is bizarre but the humour and lightness in the way it's written make it seem convincing in this alternative Adamsberg universe’
-EuroCrime.co.uk

‘The narrative pace and the conglomeration of oddities and details make for a high level of entertainment and mystery’
-Bookbag.co.uk

‘In theory, Fred Vargas’s novels ought not to work. The storylines are, almost always, wholly unbelievable. The characters, with few exceptions, are weird, exaggerated and unconvincing. And yet, when she assembles her unique, unreal mixture, what emerges is irresistibly gripping, powerfully written and quite often frightening’
-Marcel Berlins, The Times
Praise for Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand:
“A celebration of the grand French tradition of crime writing. . . . It’s finely crafted, elegantly written and very modernist.” - The Globe and Mail

“Plenty of tense entertainment.” - Toronto Star

“Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand establishes Vargas beyond doubt as a cool, clever, original and deeply humane crime writer.” - The Times Literary Supplement
From the Hardcover edition.

L'autore:

Fred Vargas is a historian, archaeologist and internationally bestselling author. Her novel The Three Evangelists won the prestigious British Crime Writers’ Association Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Award and Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand has been nominated for the same prize. She lives in Paris.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Editore: Vintage Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 030739686X
• ISBN 13: 9780307396860
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416