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Fred Vargas

Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of the French historian,archaeologist and writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957 in Paris). Her crime fiction policiers have won threeInternational 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 honor. In each case her translator into English was Siân Reynolds, who was also recognized by the international award.






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Have mercy on Us All

Fred Vargas - Publisher : Vintage Books

Joss, a middle-aged former Breton sailor, begins to succeed in reviving the old family trade of town crier in modern-day Paris. Business is good, since people gladly pay five francs to hear their rants and nonsensical messages in parks and squares every so often, ominous cryptic messages announcing the return of the plague will also be part of the day’s requested cries. At the same time, chief...
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Pour tous les jours

Winter

To my friends

Easy to read

Contemporary

Less than 10$

A few hours






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