In French author Vargas’s brilliantly twisty ninth whodunit featuring eccentric Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg (after 2016’s A Climate of Fear), Adamsberg, who leads the Paris Serious Crimes Squad, makes quick work of a brutal vehicular. De ce point de vue "Sur la dalle" prend avec exactitude, même quand c'est sur le registre de la fantaisie ou de la farce, le poids de notre triste pays.

She is exceptional at building mood and tension, and, as Henning Mankell portrays the social realities of contemporary Sweden in his Inspector Wallander mysteries, so Vargas does the same for Paris and France.

Une petite impression que Fred Vargas se lasse d’Adamsberg et de ses copains… Un peu du fan service quoi. Since the middle ages there have been stories of murderers, rapists, those with serious crimes on their conscience, meeting a grisly end following a visitation by the riders. When two Parisian women are murdered in their homes, the police suspect young accordionist Clément Vauquer. Una pena que ello nos prive de buena parte de los personajes habituales, como Danglard, y que Retancourt acapare la mayor parte del protagonismo entre los desplazados a Bretaña; ella es extraordinaria y me encanta, pero los demás parece que estén ahí de mero adorno.

The ghost of an eighteenth century nun who slaughtered her victims, desecrated corpses of virgins, magic potions that ensure eternal life . And let’s not forget la Boule, an enormously fat cat that spends most of its time on the warm copy machine, constantly interrupting essential paperwork. For Adamsberg, these haunting crimes hold the key to proving that the three men were targeted by an ingenious serial killer.The four become the firmest of friends, but after Toad’s latest escapade, can they join together and beat the wretched weasels? Ecologismo, lobos, leyendas, asesinatos, el Comisario Adamsberg, su peculiar forma de investigar y sus fantasmas personales que le persiguen en cada uno de sus libros. This time Adamsberg faces a terrifying Norman medieval legend, that of the Furious Army: a horde of undead knights who roam the woods taking justice into their own hands. But after the savage death of Suzanne Rosselin -- the owner of the breeding station just west of Saint-Victor -- there are those who begin to suspect that perhaps it's something not of this world, and that the real killer is a werewolf.