Fred Vargas
Author
Language
English
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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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"As 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 Ghost Riders with four nefarious men. According to the thousand-year-old legend, the vision means that the men will soon die a grisly death. When one of them disappears, Adamsberg races to Ordebec, where he becomes entranced by the gorgeous Lina--and embroiled...
Author
Series
Publisher
V. Hamy
Pub. Date
2001
Language
Français
Description
Ce sont des signes ©♭tranges, trac©♭s ©¿ la peinture noire sur des portes d'appartements, dans des immeubles situ©♭s d'un bout ©¿ l'autre de Paris. Une sorte de grand 4 invers©♭, muni de deux barres sur la branche basse. En dessous, trois lettres : CTL. A premi©·re vue, on pourrait croire ©¿ l'oeuvre d'un tagueur. Le commissaire Adamsberg, lui, y d©♭c©·le une menace sourde, un relent mal©♭fique. De son c©þt©♭, Joss...