Have Mercy on Us All: A Novel - Brossura

Vargas, Fred

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743284011 ISBN 13: 9780743284011

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2005

Riassunto

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 onset of the bubonic plague.
Concerned, Le Guern brings the puzzling notes to the bumbling but brilliant Chief Inspector Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his straight-edged, right-hand man, Adrien Danglard. When strange signs that were historically believed to ward off the black death start to appear on the doors of several buildings, Adamsberg takes notice and suspects a connection with Le Guern's warnings. After a flea-bitten corpse with plague-like symptoms is found in one of the marked buildings, Fred Vargas's inimitable genius chief inspector is under pressure to solve the mystery and restore calm to a panicked Paris. But is it a real case of the bubonic scourge, or just a sinister trick designed to frighten as the body count grows and the culprit continues to elude the police?
Peopled with charming and eccentric Gallic characters, and packed with gripping historical detail,Have Mercy on Us All is a complex, surprising, and stylish tale from France's finest mystery writer.

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Recensione:

"Fred Vargas knows Paris and knows her history -- she uses both to create this terrifying thriller with plague, panic, and a police detective extraordinaire."

-- Ed McBain, author of Hark!

L'autore:

Fred Vargas is a bestselling author of twelve titles in French, and is published in twenty-two other countries. A historian and archaeologist specializing in the Middle Ages, she lives in Paris.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743284011
• ISBN 13: 9780743284011
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 353