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*Intelligent Crime Fiction2 comments

Lilian Nattel wrote 2 months ago: The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas As the books I’d put on hold at the library hadn’t arrived yet, … more →

Tags: Fiction, the chalk circle man

*Books Lately10 comments

Lilian Nattel wrote 3 months ago: I am 3 or 4 books behind in my book reviews, but I just don’t have the energy for all that, wh … more →

Tags: Literature, Amy Bloom, away, digging to america, Anne Tyler, the chalk circle man

The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas

chasing bawa wrote 3 months ago: A year ago I read The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas, partly because I was intrigued by the title. … more →

Tags: Books, Challenges, Crime and mysteries, Fiction Books, Crime, RIP IV Challenge, Mystery, the chalk circle man, The Three Evangelists

R.I.P. IV Challenge!4 comments

chasing bawa wrote 4 months ago: So two challenges in a month? Well, it’s not too bad. I have six months to read the books for … more →

Tags: Books, Challenges, RIP IV Challenge, Mystery, Season of the Witch, the chalk circle man, Natasha Mostert

The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas - review

nickgadd wrote 4 months ago: Fred Vargas is a French crime writer who fits perfectly the image of the chain-smoking, cafe-hauntin … more →

Tags: Writers I admire, About Writing, Book Reviews, Chalk Circle Man, French Literature, crime novel, Police procedural

Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand 1 comment

wordandpiece wrote 5 months ago: Fred Vargas Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas The blurb: Between 1943 and 2003 nine … more →

Tags: pieces, vintage

c'est dommage

Barbara wrote 5 months ago: Hot off the Rap Sheet – Fred Vargas won the International Dagger, facing a field of Scandinavi … more →

Tags: Sweden, crime fiction elsewhere, translation, issues, Hakan Nesser, The Girl Who Played with Fire, Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Kurt Wallander

Fred Vargas, L'Homme A l'Envers (1999) Seeking Whom He May Devour (2004)1 comment

smithereens wrote 5 months ago: Oops, I nearly forgot to review this book… Not the book altogether, because the plot and the i … more →

Tags: French, 21C

Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand

bookgoddess wrote 6 months ago: This was my first experience with a mystery by Fred Vargas, who, oddly enough, is a French woman.  I … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Fiction, Mysteries, Wipe This Blood Clean from My Hand, Paris, Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police - fiction, French National Police - fiction

Fred Vargas, Debout Les Morts (Fr. 1995, Eng. The Three Evangelists, 2006)2 comments

smithereens wrote 8 months ago: I am an unconditional fan of Vargas’ quirky Parisian mysteries, so I enjoyed meeting once again the … more →

Tags: 20C, French

the delights of This Night's Foul Work

fragrantflower wrote 1 year ago: Veyrence who  can talk in Racinian inspired Alexdrinian sonnets (12 syllables) It’s for you to … more →

Tags: Books, Crime Fiction

Fred Vargas, Pars Vite et Reviens Tard (Have Mercy on Us All) (2001)6 comments

smithereens wrote 1 year ago: I read that one almost entirely in the train going to Bordeaux and back. I had as much pleasure as d … more →

Tags: French, 21C

Review: Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas2 comments

Hugh McPhail wrote 1 year ago: Fred Vargas has a wonderful imagination. The foundations of her stories are both bizarre and mystica … more →

Tags: Reviews, Crime, Books, France, Paris, Canada, Adamsberg, Trident, Mah Jong


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