This Night's Foul Work

This Night's Foul Work is a crime-novel by French author Fred Vargas, an entry in her Commissaire Adamsberg series.[1] The novel is translated into English by Sian Reynolds, translator of Vargas' two previous novels in English,[2] both of which won the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger for best-translated crime novel of the year.[3]

This Night's Foul Work
First English edition
AuthorFred Vargas
Original titleDans les bois éternels
TranslatorSian Reynolds
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SeriesCommissaire Adamsberg
GenreCrime novel
PublisherViviane Hamy (French)
Harvill Secker (English)
Publication date
2006
Published in English
7 February 2008
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages442 pp (French)
416 pp (English)
ISBN2-87858-233-0 (French)
ISBN 1-84655-186-2 (English)
OCLC68990369
LC ClassPQ2682.A725 D36 2006
Preceded byWash This Blood Clean from My Hand 
Followed byAn Uncertain Place 

This Night's Foul Work marks the first time Random House have published one of her novels in hardcover. The title comes from a line of impromptu verse spoken by one of the characters.

Summary

Commissaire Adamsberg teams up with Dr. Ariane, a pathologist he met twenty years ago, to solve an enthralling mystery that begins with the discovery of two bodies in Paris's Porte de la Chapelle.[4] Adamsberg suspects it is the work of a serial killer with multiple personalities who selects his or her victims with care.[5] As new murders emerge, Adamsberg must act quickly to prevent the "Angel of Death" from killing again.[6]

References
  1. "Fred Vargas, Master of Crime -". My French Life™ - Ma Vie Française®. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. "Sunday Salon: The Chalk Circle Man, by Fred Vargas, translated by Sian Reynolds". PETRONA. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  3. "Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation". The Crime Writers’ Association. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  4. "This Night's Foul Work". Financial Times. 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  5. "Amazon.co.uk". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  6. "This Night's Foul Work by Fred Vargas: 9780143113591 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.


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