- Published: 1 March 2008
- ISBN: 9780099488965
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $29.99
Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand
- Published: 1 March 2008
- ISBN: 9780099488965
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $29.99
It's her winning blend of empathy, humour and moral determination that places her books in the best-seller charts
Christian House, Independent on Sunday
Elegant plotting and misfit characters, gives US blockbusters a run for their money
Saga magazine
Vargas's weightiest and most ambitious tome, but shot through with that nervy and sardonic Gallic humour that is her métier
Good Book Guide
No one writes crime novels quite like the French author Fred Vargas... another compelling read by this most original of novelists
Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
Establishes Vargas beyond doubt as a cool, clever, original and deeply humane crime writer
Heather O’Donoghue, Times Literary Supplement
It is enthralling and great fun from start to finish... all done with great verve, wit and invention
Allan Massie, Scotsman
There is a haunting quality to Vargas's writing
Kath Murphy, Scotland on Sunday
Vargas has a wonderfully offbeat imagination that makes each of her novels a refreshing delight
Peter Guttridge, Observer
A rising star within the narrow field of good, intellectual crime novels... Vargas has a marvellous way with landscape and secondary characters
Carrie O’Grady, Guardian
Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand firmly demonstrates why Vargas is spoken of in such warm terms by admirers... universal in its cutting psychology, and the personalities of her characters are rendered with off-kilter skill
Barry Forshaw & Laura Wilson, The Times, The best crime novels of the decade