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    1. Inspector Adamsberg: Book 6

      Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand (2007)

      by Fred Vargas

      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 crime and were sentenced to life in prison. One slightly worrying detail: the presumed murderers lost consciousness during the night of... (learn more about this book)

    1. Inspector Adamsberg: Book 2

      Seeking Whom He May Devour (2006)

      by Fred Vargas

      Each day, inhabitants of a small community in the French Alps find another of their ewes with its throat cut. When one of the villagers too is killed people begin to wonder: could it be the work of a werewolf? Soon suspicion falls on Massart, one of the villagers, because of his beardlessness... (learn more about this book)

    1. Seeking Whom He May Devour: Chief Inspector Adamsberg Investigates (Chief Inspector Adamsberg Mysteries (Paperback)) [ SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR: CHIEF INSPECTOR ADAMSBERG INVESTIGATES (CHIEF INSPECTOR ADAMSBERG MYSTERIES (PAPERBACK)) BY Vargas, Fred ( Author ) Nov-07-2006 (1999)

      by Fred Vargas

      A small mountain community in the French Alps is roused to terror when they awaken each morning to find yet another of their sheep with its throat torn out. One of the villagers thinks it might be a werewolf, and when she's found killed in the same manner, people begin to wonder if she might... (learn more about this book)

    1. Three Evangelists: Book 1

      The Three Evangelists (1995)

      by Fred Vargas

      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... (learn more about this book)

    1. Inspector Adamsberg: Book 1

      The Chalk Circle Man (1991)

      by Fred Vargas

      Originally published in French as L'Homme aux Cercles Bleus.

      The is the debut mystery Commissaire Adamsberg series. Jean Baptiste Adamsberg is not like other policemen. He doesn't search for clues; he ignores obvious suspects and arrests peope with cast-iron alibis; he appears permanently... (learn more about this book)

    1. Inspector Adamsberg: Book 4

      Have Mercy on Us All

      by Fred Vargas

      In a small Parisian square, the ancient tradition of the town crier continues into modern times. The self-appointed crier, Joss Le Guern, reads out the daily news, snippets of gossip, and lately, ominous messages -- placed in his handmade wooden message box by an anonymous source -- that warn of... (learn more about this book)