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  • Published: 14 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781473523982
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416

A Climate of Fear




In the new novel from France's bestselling crime writer, Inspector Adamsberg investigates a series of strange murders linked to a secretive society

*Featured in The Times top ten crime novels of the decade*

THE NEW INSPECTOR ADAMSBERG NOVEL

Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2017

A woman is found dead in her bath. The murder has been disguised as a suicide and a strange symbol is discovered at the scene.

Then the symbol is observed near a second victim, who ten years earlier had also taken part in a doomed expedition to Iceland.

How are these deaths, and rumours of an Icelandic demon, linked to a secretive local society? And what does the mysterious sign mean? Commissaire Adamsberg is about to find out.

  • Published: 14 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781473523982
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416

About the author

Fred Vargas

Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.

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