by Fred Vargas · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467273403
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«La tercera virgen» is the crime novel by Fred Vargas, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (392 pages, in Spanish).
In this instalment of the Commissaire Adamsberg series, an investigation into desecrated bodies of virgins intersects with the legend of an eighteenth-century nun who slit her victims' throats. The clues lead to Barcelona, where Adamsberg reunites with a rival from the past who speaks in verse, and where magic potions promise eternal life.
Novel in the Commissaire Adamsberg series, originally published as «Dans les bois éternels» in 2006. Translated by Anne-Hélène Suárez Girard.
For readers of crime and detective fiction who enjoy unsettling atmospheres, historical plots and a supernatural touch.
Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.
