This Night's Foul Work
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This Night's Foul Work is a crime-novel by French author Fred Vargas
, an entry in her Commissaire Adamsberg series. The novel is translated into English by Sian Reynolds, translator of Vargas' two previous novels in English, both of which won the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
for best translated crime novel of the year.
This Night's Foul Work marks the first time Random House have published one of her novels in hardcover
. The title comes from a line of impromptu verse spoken by one of the characters.
Fred Vargas
Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of the French historian, archaeologist and writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau . Her crime fiction policiers have won three International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers Association, for three successive novels: in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She is the first author to...
, an entry in her Commissaire Adamsberg series. The novel is translated into English by Sian Reynolds, translator of Vargas' two previous novels in English, both of which won the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
The Duncan Lawrie International Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for best translated crime novel of the year. The winning author receives an ornamental dagger and £5,000. The translator of the novel is awarded £1,000....
for best translated crime novel of the year.
This Night's Foul Work marks the first time Random House have published one of her novels in hardcover
Hardcover
A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
. The title comes from a line of impromptu verse spoken by one of the characters.