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THIS NIGHT'S FOUL WORK
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| By: |
Fred Vargas, Sian Reynolds (Trans) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099507625 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099507628 |
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| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2009 |
| Series: |
Commissaire Adamsberg |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
In this mystery, Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against nemeses past and present: Ariane Lagarde, France's foremost pathologist and Adamsberg's enemy since they argued over a case twenty-three years earlier, and Louis Veyrenc, a new recruit with a grudge, who has been assigned the job of protecting the Commissaire's ex-girlfriend. |
| Synopsis: |
On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. In Normandy, two stags have been killed and their hearts cut out. Meanwhile a seventy-five-year-old nurse who has murdered several of her patients has escaped from prison. Is there a connection between the three cases?In this mystery, Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against nemeses past and present: Ariane Lagarde, France's foremost pathologist and Adamsberg's enemy since they argued over a case twenty-three years earlier, and Louis Veyrenc, a new recruit with a grudge, who has been assigned the job of protecting the Commissaire's ex-girlfriend. As the different strands of Vargas's compelling story begin to intertwine, events move towards a gripping climax...Shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for CWA Duncan Lawrie International Dagger 2008 |
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