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This is an auction for SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR by Fred Vargas.

"Admirers of quirky, atmospheric whodunits will revel in Vargas's second mystery featuring Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg. A series of savage attacks on sheep leaves the countryside near the French Alps gripped in superstitious fear, as locals suspect that an unnatural creature resembling the legendary Beast of Gévaudan is responsible. The inspector, keeping a low profile to protect himself from a would-be assassin, is drawn into the mystery after the killer turns to human prey, starting with a woman who has suggested that a werewolf was at large. While the abundance of fair-play clues will enable most experienced genre readers to anticipate the solution, the unusual cast of characters and off-beat humour should help Vargas win new fans."

Publishers Weekly (US)

"The second Chief Inspector Adamsberg mystery draws on the same mix of cozy characters and dark mystery that drove last year's Have Mercy on Us All. The focus this time is divided among Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his former lover, Camille, who left Adamsberg at the end of the previous novel and is now living in a village in the Alps. Trouble starts when it appears that a large wolf is attacking sheep; then a woman is killed, and rumors about werewolves begin to spread. Camille and two of the dead woman's friends are convinced the culprit is a man, not a wolf, and set off to trap him. Reluctantly, Camille agrees to call Adamsberg for help, and this merry band of eccentrics careens through the French Alps, their circuitous route suggesting Adamsberg's inimitable investigative technique. This is one of those rare series that will please both cozy fans and hard-boiled types."