Have Mercy on Us All

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & True Crime, Crime & Thrillers

Fred Vargas (author), David Bellos (translator)

Paperback Published on: 07/10/2004

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Synopsis

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. 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 charged and flea-bitten corpses are found. The press seizes on their plague-like symptoms, and the panic sets in.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099453642
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 277g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm

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Have Mercy on Us All

An excellent crime thriller which suffers only from a rather poor English translation, which at times stutters and spoils the flow of the book. If not for ... READ MORE

Peter Mason

Have Mercy on Us All

Stumbled on Fred Vargas by accident and absolutely adore her writing style and humour. The quirkiness and imperfections of the characters really help you t... READ MORE

Caroline Zeiler