Have Mercy on Us All

Zusatztext Each day! in honour of a Parisian tradition! a town crier calls out the local news to all who will listen. Over the course of a few days a number of disturbing messages are slipped in to his box! messages of portentous and malicious intent referring to the Black Death. Strange marks have also appeared on the doors of several buildings: symbols once used to ward off the plague. Detective Commissaire Adamsberg begins to sense a connection! even a grotesque menace. Then charred and flea-bitten corpses are found.... Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Three times a day in a Parisian square, a curious modern-day crier announces the news items that are left in his box. Over the course of a few days he receives a number of disturbing and portentous messages of malicious intent, all of them referring to the Black Death.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Vargas, Vargas Fred
• Assisted by: David Bellos (Translation), Bellos David (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.10.2004
• EAN: 9780099453642
• ISBN: 978-0-09-945364-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Vintage Paperbacks; Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg; Commissaire Adamsberg; Vintage Paperbacks; Commissaire Adamsberg; Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg; Kommissar Adamsberg ermittelt / Commissaire Adamsberg; Kommissar Adamsberg / Commissaire Adamsberg
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)