An Uncertain Place

One of today’s few truly original writers of crime fiction: disturbing, unruly, droll and poetic – Marcel Berlins * The Times *Frederique Vargas[’s]…imaginative characters put most of America’s top-rated crime writers to shame * Observer *Wonderfully intricate and gothic – Jane Jakeman * Independent *An Uncertain Place is full of wit and invention, with a plot that satisfies both intellect and emotion – Annabella Bankhouse * Times Literary Supplement *As ever, Vargas’s characters inhabit a world where reason and myth collide, and the result is a thrilling read – Joan Smith * Sunday Times *This is crime fiction writing at its most intriguing * Marie Claire *Only one’s dreams after a champagne-fuelled night at the Follies Bergere have quite the same nightmarish-but-entertaining quality as Vargas’s delightful crime novels – Jake Kerridge * Daily Telegraph *Gripping * Guardian *[Vargas is] one of the most exciting, addictive and inventive purveyor of classy crime fiction currently pounding the publishing beat… It it a highly entertaining policier but more importantly, as with Conan Doyle, the wacky world Vargas shapes is oddly reassuring: a great remedy to a grey day – Christian House * Indepedent on Sunday *A thrilling read * Sunday Times *

Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.

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