A Climate of Fear, Fred Vargas
A Climate of Fear, Fred Vargas
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A Climate of Fear

Author: Fred Vargas, Sian Reynolds

Narrator: Chris MacDonnell

Unabridged: 15 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2017


Synopsis

A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder has been 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 where a group of tourists found themselves trapped on a deserted island for two weeks, surrounded by a thick, impenetrable fog rumored to be summoned by an ancient local demon. 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?

About Fred Vargas

Fred Vargas is a #1 bestselling author in France, Italy, and Germany. She is the winner of four International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers Association, and is the first author to achieve such an honor. In 2018, Vargas won the Princess of Asturias Prize for letters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cynnamon on November 24, 2020

This book is the tenth volume in the crime series about Commissaire Adamsberg and for me the first volume in the series that I have read. I realized that it might not be the most suitable volume to start this series. I find it difficult to come to a homogeneous judgment about this book. First of all,......more

Goodreads review by SVETLANA on March 02, 2024

Another book about Commissaire Adamsberg and his team. This time they are investigating a series of apparent suicides connected with a past trip to the Island and a historical society related to the French Revolution. A bit slower than other books from this series, but nevertheless a good read.......more

Goodreads review by Banu on May 07, 2024

epsilon yayınlarının gidip de komiser adamsberg maceralarını 10. kitaptan basmaya başlamalarını yeterince eleştirdiysem şimdi kitaba geçebilirim. oh be. eli yüzü düzgün bir polisiye okumak insana nasıl iyi geliyor. paris banliyösünden komiser adamsberg, denizlerin adamı. mesela bu 10. kitaptan okuma......more

Goodreads review by Effie on October 03, 2019

"Το Αφτουργκάνγκα ποτέ δεν καλεί κάποιον για το τίποτα.Και η προσφορά του πάντα οδηγεί σε ένα μονοπάτι." Αυτή τη φορά ο Ανταμσμπέργκ ζορίστηκε για τα καλά-μια ιστορία περίπλοκη,περίεργη,σαν ένα κουβάρι από φύκια,έφερε μια ολόκληρη ομάδα ερευνητών στα όριά της,έχοντας απέναντί τους τέρατα του παρόντος......more

Goodreads review by Patrizia on November 05, 2022

I gialli della Vargas sono indubbiamente particolari. La trama si aggroviglia, in questo caso come una "matassa di alghe" e si dipana lentamente, con molta attenzione per evitare di rimanere con minuscoli frammenti indecifrabili. E lentamente procede lo spalatore di nuvole Adamsberg, che per riflett......more