An Uncertain Place

"One of today's few truly original writers of crime fiction: disturbing, unruly, droll and poetic" -- Marcel Berlins The Times "Frederique Vargas['s]...imaginative characters put most of America's top-rated crime writers to shame" Observer "Wonderfully intricate and gothic" -- Jane Jakeman Independent "An Uncertain Place is full of wit and invention, with a plot that satisfies both intellect and emotion" -- Annabella Bankhouse Times Literary Supplement "As ever, Vargas's characters inhabit a world where reason and myth collide, and the result is a thrilling read" -- Joan Smith Sunday Times