Sur la dalle: Thriller (Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, 12)

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Samantha Harvey is a beautiful stylist; in Orbital (Cape, Nov) a group of astronauts look down on our fragile Earth. It’s a slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas of swirling weather patterns and rolling continents. For those who have read previous books in the series, there is a feeling of coming home. For those who have not, Vargas conveys the sense of the team members and their loyalty, from the very start. And what a quirky team it is, filled with affection and respect, right down to the cat and Mathias, a character from her "The Three Evangelists" series. It's interesting seeing Adamsberg go through the case and the evidence with the team, which adds veracity to the story. The verbal exchanges often make one smile—"It's called Le Curé de Tours, The Priest of Tours." "Thank you,' said Estalère warmly…'Still Balzac didn't bust a gut making up the title, did he?' 'Estalère, one doesn't say of Balzac that "he didn't bust a gut".'

But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears. Infatti è in queste bolle che si annida la quisquiglia che è sfuggita e che nobilita il dubbio, a volte scambiato per accidia, impedendo di comminare la pena definitiva o il verdetto infausto.

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A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder has been made to look like a suicide. But a strange symbol found at the crime scene leads the local police to call Commissaire Adamsberg and his team. Ah, to be able to do some Slightly Unorthodox Investigating (SUI™) with the Clique of the Slightly Unorthodox Methods (CotSUM™)! Such fun times to be had! It’s all cute and cuddly arachnids, dandelions-that-aren’t, medieval women hermits, somewhat nefarious, stinking bugs, amputation, impromptu (if a little illegal) archaeological digs super fun, luxurious camping trips, and sporadic teaspoon theft! Fun times, I tell you! Questa volta Danglard assume un comportamento poco piacevole e l’idea di Adamsberg dell’esistenza di più omicidi dietro la morte di alcuni ottuagenari divide il commissariato E quella donna che anche nuda sarebbe parsa armata aveva un viso molto interessante, disegnato con un tratto sottile. Ma nonostante labbra impeccabili, un naso fine e dritto, occhi di un azzurro piuttosto dolce, non sarebbe stato in grado di dire se fosse bella, o attraente. Esitava, sospettando che potesse modificare il proprio aspetto a suo piacimento fra il versante dell'armonia o quello della rozzezza, a scelta. Lo stesso per la sua potenza: puramente fisica o psichica? Semplicemente muscolare o nervosa? Retancourt sfuggiva alla descrizione o all'analisi." Holliday Grainger as Robin Ellacott and Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike in the TV adaptation of JK Rowling’s series. Photograph: Steffan Hill/McAinsh/PA

The epistolary novel Yours from the Tower by Sally Nicholls (Andersen, Sept) explores the hopes, struggles and first loves of three friends at the end of the 19th century, who have left boarding school for very different lives. Sin embargo, en esta última entrega no le ha salido del todo redonda la jugada. Por mucho que intentara confundir la trama, el culpable estaba claro desde el principio, y los excesivo giros que ha tratado de imprimir a la narración cansan más que confunden. Es cierto que la casualidad juega a menudo un papel decisivo en sus novelas, pero en esta ocasión son demasiadas casualidades que, además, resultan innecesarias; la trama se podía resolver sin recurrir a ellas. Las tesis pseudopsicológicas que se manejan tampoco acaban de cuajar.

Lastly, in the essay-length The Young Man (Fitzcarraldo, Sept), translated by Alison L Strayer, the Nobel prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux recounts her affair with a student 30 years her junior when she was in her 50s. Their relationship prompts the author to recall moments from her own youth and to reflect, acutely and without sentimentality, on memory and the passing of time. Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.” —Peter Robinson, New York Timesbestselling author of the Inspector Banks series This time Adamsberg faces a terrifying Norman medieval legend, that of the Furious Army: a horde of undead knights who roam the woods taking justice into their own hands. A petite lady from Normandy waits for Adamsberg on the sidewalk. They are not quoted, but she doesn't want to talk to anyone but him because one night her daughter saw that Angry Army. Adamsberg agrees to go investigate that terrified town. Adamsberg also has a complicated relationship with Camille, an artist, and musician, which gives him more depth than the usual crime fiction character. Sono una grande fan di F. Vargas, ho letto tutti i suoi libri e ho accolto con gioia un nuovo romanzo dopo anni in cui non avevo più nulla di suo da leggere. Per questo forse il mio parere è fin troppo positivo, mi rendo conto che è influenzato dall'entusiasmo delle letture precedenti.