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Claudio, Tiberio y Nerón, estudiantes franceses en Roma, conforman un grupo variopinto, curioso, divertido y entrañable… En el mes de junio, el padre de Claudio, prestigioso coleccionista de arte, es asesinado de modo ritual en la ciudad, al tiempo que unos valiosos dibujos de Miguel Ángel son robados de la Biblioteca Vaticana… ¿Tienen relación ambos sucesos? ¿Qué hacía en Roma el padre de Claudio?... Los tres jóvenes, a su pesar, se ven envueltos en una aventura frenética, que conmociona sus vidas y pone en entredicho su amistad…

Henri Valhubert, editore ed esperto d''arte, viene assassinato mentre e a Roma per indagare sulla provenienza di un misterioso disegno di Michelangelo apparso sul mercato francese. A essere sospettati il ribelle figlio Claude, studente e residente a Roma insieme agli inseparabili amici Tibere e Neron, e la misteriosa e affascinante Laure, giovane seconda moglie di Henri e matrigna di Claude. Ma anche se la pista di un movente legato al disegno di Michelangelo sembra essere la piu credibile... Il silente magistrato Valence e il loquace commissario Ruggieri si ritrovano, loro malgrado, a lavorare fianco a fianco per risolvere il caso

On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. It is assumed that this is a drug-related incident of the kind so often uncovered in that area of town. But Adamsberg is convinced that there is more to it. Anxious to keep control of the case, he must call in a favour from the pathologist Ariane Lagarde, someone he had come up against twenty-three years previously.

Adamsberg leaves for a three day colloquium in London. Estalère, the young sergeant, and Danglard - terrified by the idea of going under the Channel - are part of the trip. Everything should go lightly and smoothly, but a macabre event puts their colleague from New Scotland Yard, Radstock, on his guard.

¿Por qué Louis Kehlweiler, alias el Alemán, Marc, Lucien y Mathias –atrincherados en su caserón cochambroso de la calle Chasle de París– pierden el tiempo con un acordeonista tonto con cara de imbéci

El comissari Adamsberg es troba a Londres amb motiu duna conferencia de tres dies. Alla, el seu amic de New Scotland Yard lalerta dun esdeveniment macabre que ha tingut lloc al cementiri de Highgate. De retorn a França, amb el cas angles encara no resolt, Adamsberg i els seus companys han de fer front a una horrible massacre que ha tingut lloc al suburbi de Paris. Amb lajuda de Danglard - a punt de perdre el cap per una dona - Adamsberg comença a estirar el fil duna trama de vampirs, i dassassins de vampirs, que els portara fins a Serbia.

Adamsberg hat ein altes, kleines Haus mitten in Paris erworben. Doch in dem Haus spukt es, sagt der Nachbar. Der Schatten einer männermordenden Nonne aus dem 18. Jahrhundert schlurft des nachts über den Dachboden. Gehört hat der Kommissar das schon, aber was macht ihm das aus, wo er es doch mit viel gegenwärtigeren, furchtbaren Schatten zu tun hat. Einem zum Beispiel, der in einer Pariser Vorstadt zwei kräftigen Männern mit einem Skalpell die Kehle durchgeschnitten hat. Was keiner außer ihm sieht: Beide haben Erde unter den Fingernägeln. Wonach haben sie gegraben, das sie das Leben kostete? ... Vargas' neues Buch ist nicht nur, wie immer, ein überaus spannender, hochdramatischer Kriminalroman - er ist reine Literatur.

Fred Vargas ignora les fronteres que sovint s’han volgut interposar entre la novel·la negra i la literària. Quan surt la reclusa no fa més que confirmar i eixamplar el seu mite. És una gran escriptor

Quan l'Alice Gauthier, una respectable professora de matematiques de seixanta-sis anys, apareix morta a la banyera de casa seva amb les venes tallades, tot apunta a un suïcidi. Però hi ha petits detalls, com el misteriós símbol traçat a la paret del bany, que fan néixer les sospites dels investigadors i el cas és derivat a la Brigada Criminal del comissari Adamsberg. El descobriment d'un cas semblant, amb el mateix símbol enigmatic a la paret, no fa més que confirmar el pressentiment del sagaç comissari: no són suïcidis, són assassinats i formen part d'una sèrie. Adamsberg i la seva brigada hauran de dur a terme una perillosa investigació en una remota illa islandesa, amb reminiscències de mites nòrdics i parada a les hores més fosques de la Revolució Francesa amb el record fantasmal de Ro

In this frightening and surprising novel, the eccentric, wayward genius of Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against the deep-rooted mysteries of one Alpine villages history and a very present problem: wolves. Disturbing things have been happening up in the French mountains

On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. It is assumed that this is a drug-related incident of the kind so often uncovered in that area of town. But Adamsberg is convinced that there is more to it. Anxious to keep control of the case, he must call in a favor from the pathologist Ariane Lagarde.

A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder made to look like a suicide. But a strange symbol found at the crime scene leads the local police to call Commissaire Adamsberg and his team. When the symbol is found near the body of a second disguised suicide, a pattern begins to emerge: both victims were part of a disastrous expedition to Iceland over ten years ago. A group of tourists found themselves trapped on a deserted island for two weeks, surrounded by a thick, impenetrable fog rumoured to be summoned by an ancient local demon, and two of them didn't make it back alive. But how are the deaths linked to the secretive Association for the Study of the Writings of Maximilien Robespierre? And what does the mysterious symbol signify?

Salute e libertà, La notte efferata e Cinque franchi l''una: tre storie poliziesche, tre indagini con un unico protagonista, il piú amato tra i personaggi inventati da Fred Vargas, il commissario Jea

Paris. Une vieille dame, Alice Gauthier, est retrouvée morte dans sa baignoire, les veines des poignets tranchées. Le commissaire Bourlin, chargé du dossier, est bientôt rejoint par le commissaire Ad

París, una ciudad invadida por el miedo. El comisario Adamsberg investiga las apariciones de unas extrañas inscripciones en las puertas de un edificio parisino: un cuatro invertido y debajo tres letras, CLT. ¿Una mente diabolica, una broma o una amenaza? Joss, un viejo marino breton, recibe misivas que le avisan donde estaran las siguientes pintadas. Panico, rumores, rencor, asesinatos y desconfianza tejen esta memorable intriga policiaca.

Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is not like other policemen. His methods appear unorthodox in the extreme: he doesnt search for clues; he ignores obvious suspects and arrests people with cast-iron alibis; he appears permanently distracted. In spite of all this his colleagues are forced to admit that he is highly successful a born cop. When strange blue chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris, the press take up the story with amusement and psychiatrists trot out their theories. Adamsberg is alone in thinking this is not a game and far from amusing. He insists on being kept informed of new circles and the increasingly bizarre objects which they contain: a pigeons foot, four cigarette lighters, a badge proclaiming I Love Elvis, a hat, a dolls head. Adamsberg senses the cruelty that lies behind these seemingly random occurrences. Soon a circle with decidedly less banal contents is discovered: the body of a woman with her throat savagely cut. Adamsberg knows that other murders will follow. The Chalk Circle Man is the first book featuring Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, one of the most engaging characters in contemporary detective fiction.