This Poison Will Remain

ISBN-13: 9781784708290 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 416 str.

Fred Vargas

Opis

Sunday Times Crime Book of the MonthThe exhilarating new Inspector Adamsberg novel from France's multi-million-copy bestselling crime fiction star'Adamsberg is one of my favourite detectives... I so enjoyed This Poison Will Remain'ANN CLEEVES'Absorbing... Full of twists and spiced with Vargas's characteristic wit and style'PETER ROBINSON'Vargas's books are...cunning, corkscrew murder mysteries'A.J. FINNAfter three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears.It isn't long before Adamsberg is investigating a series of rumours and allegations that take him to the south of France. Decades ago, at La Miséricorde orphanage, shocking events took place involving the same species of spider: the recluse.For Adamsberg, these haunting crimes hold the key to proving that the three men were targeted by an ingenious serial killer. His team, however, is not convinced. He must put his reputation on the line to trace the murderer before the death toll rises...

Recenzje

Thrilling... Breathtakingly original... A wildly inventive plot that puts Vargas's real-life expertise (she is an archaeologist) to brilliant use Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month

O autorze

Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.