Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand
$34.51
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2008
Summary
‘Riveting reading… Vargas writes novels that won’t let you go, disturb and linger long’ - The Times
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 crimes and were sentenced to life in prison. One slightly worrying detail- each presumed murderer lost consciousness during the night of the crime and has no recollection of it.
Commissaire Adamsberg is convinced all the mu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099488965 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099488965 |
| Author: | Fred Vargas, Siân Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2008 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Commissaire Adamsberg |
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Critics Review
No one writes crime novels quite like the French author Fred Vargas… another compelling read by this most original of novelists
No one writes crime novels quite like the French author Fred Vargas… another compelling read by this most original of novelists – Susanna Yager * Sunday Telegraph *Vargas has a wonderfully offbeat imagination that makes each of her novels a refreshing delight – Peter Guttridge * Observer *Establishes Vargas beyond doubt as a cool, clever, original and deeply humane crime writer – Heather O’Donoghue * Times Literary Supplement *It is enthralling and great fun from start to finish… all done with great verve, wit and invention – Allan Massie * Scotsman *There is a haunting quality to Vargas’s writing – Kath Murphy * Scotland on Sunday *A rising star within the narrow field of good, intellectual crime novels… Vargas has a marvellous way with landscape and secondary characters – Carrie O’Grady * Guardian *It’s her winning blend of empathy, humour and moral determination that places her books in the best-seller charts – Christian House * Independent on Sunday *Elegant plotting and misfit characters, gives US blockbusters a run for their money * Saga magazine *Vargas’s weightiest and most ambitious tome, but shot through with that nervy and sardonic Gallic humour that is her métier * Good Book Guide *Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand firmly demonstrates why Vargas is spoken of in such warm terms by admirers… universal in its cutting psychology, and the personalities of her characters are rendered with off-kilter skill – Barry Forshaw & Laura Wilson * The Times, The best crime novels of the decade *
About The Author
Fred Vargas
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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