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A phenomenal bestseller in France, This Night�s Foul Work is another irresistible installment in the internationally acclaimed Commissaire Adamsberg series. On the edge of Paris two small-time drug dealers have had their throats cut in a peculiar fashion. Setting out on the trail of the shadowy killer, Commissaire Adamsberg and his detectives travel between Paris and the Normandy countryside. Adamsberg�s investigation into these horrible deaths brings him into contact with the attractive Ariane Lagarde �a pathologist who caused him professional grief some twenty-five years ago. There�s also a new lieutenant on the scene, whose ties to Adamsberg�s past create tension and hostility in his present. Vargas has given us another multi-layered, deliciously-paced and thrilling addition to her acclaimed series. This Night�s Foul Work is the finest novel yet from the wonderful Fred Vargas.