Tag: Fred Vargas

In stressful times when distraction is what’s needed most in a book, I often turn to crime fiction. I love Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, and Josephine Tey; I’ve recently got started on Susan Hill’s Simon Serraillier novels, and I’m working my way through Ben Aaronovitch’s London-based urban fantasy/police procedurals (due to be adapted for TV by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost). One of my favourites is Fred Vargas, and last week I re-read her first novel, The Chalk Circle Man …