Books by Fred Vargas (4)
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La tercera virgen by Fred Vargas ES
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PREMIO PRINCESA DE ASTURIAS DE LAS LETRAS 2018 «Realmente original... no existe nada igual en la novela negra contemporánea. Una delicia». Sunday Times «Fred Vargas ha alcanzado la cumbre de su arte». Le Figaro Littéraire El fantasma de una monja del siglo XVIII que degollaba a sus víctimas, cadáveres de vírgenes profanados, pociones mágicas que aseguran la vida eterna, un rival del pasado más lejano que habla en verso... Con todo esto se encontrará el comisario Adamsberg en esta inquietante y negrísima novela de Fred Vargas. La resolución de este complicado puzzle podría volver loco a cualqui... continue
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The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas EN
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“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 and the increasingly bizarre objects they contain - empty beer cans, four trombones, a pigeon's foot, a doll's head - he senses the cruelty that lies within whoever is responsible. And when a circle is ... continue
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The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas EN
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Sophia Siméonidis, A Greek Opera Singer, 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 Fired From The Police For Having Helped A Murderer To Escape, And Three Impecunious Historians, Mathias, Marc And Lucien - The Three Evangelists. They Agree - Both Because They Need The Money And Out Of Sheer Curiosity - To Dig Around The Tree And See If Something Has Been Buried There. They Find Nothing But Soil. A Few Weeks Later, Sophia Disappears And Nobody Worries Too Much U... continue
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Tiempos de hielo by Fred Vargas ES
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Alice Gauthier, una respetable profesora de matemáticas de sesenta y seis años, aparece muerta en su bañera; todo parece apuntar a un suicidio, pero ciertos detalles, como un extraño signo trazado en el lugar del suceso, hacen pensar que quizá haya algo más detrás de su muerte, por lo que el caso es derivado al equipo de la Brigada Criminal del comisario Adamsberg. Al poco, una mujer dice haber enviado una carta que la muerta había escrito a un tal Amadée Masfauré..., cuyo padre se habría suicidado dejando un signo si... continue
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