About the author

Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957 in Paris), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.

As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction policiers (police procedurals) have won three International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers Association, for three successive novels: in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She is the first author to achieve such an honour. In each case, her translator into English was Siân Reynolds, who was also recognized by the international award.

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Den franske krimidronnig Fred Vargas har skrevet sin til dato bedste krimi om kriminalinspektøren Adamsberg – original, syret og med et eminent veldrejet plot. To formodede narkohandlere bliver fundet i udkanten af Paris med halsen skåret over. Ledet af sin ufejlbarlige intuition og det faktum at de to mænd havde jord under neglene, finder kriminalinspektør Adamsberg frem til en kirkegård, hvor en ung kvindes grav for nylig er blevet åbnet. Sporerne indikerer, at kvinden og de to mænd er ofre for en kvindelig seriemorder – en seriemorder, der følger efterforskningsholdet som en skygge. Samtidig hjemsøges Adamsberg af en besynderlig sag om dræbte hjorte i Normandiet, og hans egen fortid begynder at trænge sig på… Nye læsere kan starte her - inkarnerede fans vil fryde sig.      
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Edition3
Printed pages400
Publish date19 Mar 2015
Published byRosinante
Languagedan
ISBN print9788763837750