‘People will die,’ says the panic-stricken woman outside police headquarters. Soon after the young woman’s vision a notoriously vicious and cruel man disappears. Although the case is far outside his…

In this frightening and surprising novel, the eccentric, wayward genius of Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against the deep-rooted mysteries of one Alpine village’s history and a very present problem: wolves…

Commissaire Adamsberg takes a case far outside of his jurisdiction: the disappearances of evildoers who have been visited by a band of ghostly horsemen. American readers are now getting hooked…

Years before, Adamsberg’s own brother had been the principal suspect in a similar case and avoided prison only thanks to Adamsberg’s help. History repeats itself when Adamsberg, who is temporarily…

In spite of all this his colleagues are forced to admit that he is a born cop. When strange blue chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris…

Fred Vargas, la reine du polar francais, a participe a la reconnaissance du roman policier, un genre trop longtemps considere comme populaire et indigne de la grande litterature. C'est grace…