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Violence
Some
Serial murders; Adamsberg's personal obsession with the case; violence throughout
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific weight of a case that has become personal; Adamsberg's discomfort in Canada as a detective operating far outside the world that built his instincts
What this book is about
Commissaire Adamsberg has been pursuing the Trident Murderer — a killer who uses a distinctive three-pronged implement — for years without success, the case becoming an obsession. The investigation leads him to Canada, where he navigates a foreign system and a foreign landscape while hunting someone who may have known he was coming. Fred Vargas's fifth Adamsberg novel is the most thriller-driven, following a single obsessive investigation through an extended pursuit rather than the lateral, atmospheric investigation that characterizes the series' best work.
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fifth Adamsberg novel by Fred Vargas; France and Canada settings
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