“Eccentric characters, complex but gripping plots and a nice wit… Vargas weaves her story expertly.” – Toronto Sun“Bizarre and fascinating.” – Edmonton Journal“Vargas has a wonderfully offbeat imagination that makes each of her novels a refreshing delight.” – The Observer“A gripping chase thriller.” – The Economist“There is a haunting quality to Vargas’s writing.” – Scotland on Sunday***Internationally acclaimed and bestselling crime writer Fred Vargas will be published for the first time in Canada in hardcover by Knopf Canada.In this remarkable addition to the Commissaire Adamsberg series, has a serial killer followed Adamsberg to Canada on his training mission?Between 1943 and 2003, nine people have been stabbed to death with a most unusual weapon: a...