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A woman has apparently died by suicide, though the police commisaire suspects murder. Then a man connected to her also dies by suicide or murder, setting off a story with connections to Iceland and Robespierre. This is a slow to develop mystery that leans into the cerebral. A low pick for me; my mom wasn‘t a fan.

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 160th

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#tbrpile

I used to read a lot of Fred Vargas' books and for a time forgot I liked her style. Adamsberg is a strange kind of policeman that you can not forget... I'm glad the library had it in epub format.

I went to my usual flea market today!
I sold a lot of books that I didn't like and buy new books!
With #Lasher I finally have all the books of #LivesoftheMayfairWitches!! I'm so happy! It took me a while!!

#annerice #mayfairwitches #gothic #fredvargas #climateoffear #erramzipoor #theventriloquists #history #WWII #Adamsberg #bookhaul #fleamarket

What to say about this book. Commissaire Adamsberg is at his most infuriating vagueness, on two seemingly disparate cases that have him chasing an itch all the way to Iceland. I love Adamsberg, but that is not the case with all of his subordinates. As with this entire series, it is one of the oddest books. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Met up with a couple of LibraryThing friends this afternoon at Social, here in Ottawa, for drinks and snacks. I had a variant of the Bee's Knees: Ungava gin, Earl Grey honey, and lavender bitters. Our snacks were squash fritters, mushroom flatbread, and salad with seared ahi tuna ( @DebinHawaii , don't tell Max 😹). Afterward we went to Librairie du Soleil and I bought the tagged book 😄

Vargas is on top form in this mystery involving an ill-fated trip to Iceland, a group of Revolution re-enactors, and a tame wild boar called Eric.

#coffeeandabook

Clever, like always with Vargas. Vintage Vargas with a hint of supernatural that you can dismiss or embrace. I loved how Vargas never takes her reader for granted. As a reader you get the hints she lays out and slowly, slowly you realize where she's going and well... read and see. #julyinfrench

Happy 🇨🇦 Day.
July comes with me reading only French books. It's the time of the year where I catch up with my TRP of French books. My usual ratio is 2:1 English to French. I would rather read in the original edition or if not possible a good translation in French which can be hard to find for books translated from English. Vargas in well on its way to be an excellent one. #frenchbooks #julyinfrench

This was yesterday, it's today and probably tomorrow too. Heat wave in progress. 😎🔥
Lots of 💧 and my book as the perfect title.

A huge thank you to @Cinfhen Happiest of natal day to you and to @GypsyKat for a fab month of Beatles 🎶, brilliant recs and amazing fun. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#heyjune

This woman. NONE of her other series entice me. But the French detective? I can't not suck them down. He's what I wish I could be.

I was tagged by @tournevis

1- Eclectic. I read romance both historical and contemporary; mysteries, literature, adventure and sci-fi. Non fiction is my jam too. I can read ancient Greek history as well as Roman and a hockey romance.
2- Fred Vargas. i have all her books and ration them so I have at least one or two I haven't read.
3- Horror and violence against women type of book. i won't read Criminal Minds type of books anymore.

#aprilbookshowers Day 7. Women in translation.
(Yes, Fred is a woman)

Continuing my goal to read more books in translation. French crime novel. A series of murders with links to Iceland. I don't know -- look at the short description I think I HAVE to read this. @penguinusa

Spannend und verstörend wie jeder Adamsberg Krimi. Ich konnte ihn fast nicht aus der Hand legen und jetzt hab ich ein Schlaf Defizit. Ein muss für jeden Adamsberg Fan. ?

#currentlyreading
Sometimes you forget just how much you love a series until you get to dive into the next book