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The Ghost Riders of Ordebec: A Commissaire Adamsberg novel by Fred Vargas
$28.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Commissaire Adamsberg
'People will die,' says the panic-stricken woman outside police headquarters. She refuses to speak to anyone besides Commissaire Adamsberg. Her daughter has seen a vision: ghostly horsemen who target the most nefarious characters in Normandy. Since the middle ages there have been stories of murderers, r ...Show more
The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas
$30.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: The\Three Evangelists Ser.
"Sophia Simeonidis, 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 h ...Show more
This Night's Foul Work by Fred Vargas
$30.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Commissaire Adamsberg 5
"On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. It is assumed that this is a drug-related incident of the kind so often uncovered in that area of town. But Adamsberg is convinced that there is more to it. Anxious to keep control of the case, he must call in a favour from the ...Show more
This Poison Will Remain by Fred Vargas
$28.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Commissaire Adamsberg Ser.
"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers." -MARTIN WALKER, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police series A murder in Paris brings Commissaire Adamsberg out of the Icelandic mists of his previous investigation and unexpectedly in ...Show more
This Poison Will Remain: Adamsberg 9 by Fred Vargas
$33.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Commissaire Adamsberg
Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer"A wildly imaginative series."--The New York Times"Adamsberg is a terrific creation and h ...Show more
Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas
$30.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Commissaire Adamsberg
Between 1943 and 2003 nine people have been stabbed to death with a most unusual weapon: a trident. In each case, arrests were made, suspects confessed their crimes and were sentenced to life in prison. One slightly worrying detail: each presumed murderer lost consciousness during the night of the crime ...Show more