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Violence
Some
Animal and human deaths; the rural French Alps setting; the wolf question drives the investigation
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific dynamic of a community that has already decided the answer before anyone investigates; Adamsberg's refusal to accept the obvious in a case where the obvious is also the convenient
What this book is about
Camille, a young woman, lives in the French Alps with a pack of wolves she has befriended — a situation that has already made her deeply unpopular with local farmers. When sheep begin being killed in dramatic numbers and then a man is found dead, the community is certain it's the wolves. Commissaire Adamsberg arrives and is equally certain it isn't. Fred Vargas's third Adamsberg novel (written second, translated in different order) is the most focused on the rural French countryside and the specific prejudice that attaches to wolves and to the women who love them.
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third Adamsberg novel by Fred Vargas; Alps / wolf setting
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