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»What is sure is that I don’t want to insert the normal day-after-day life in my novels. Not because I don’t like it, but because, from my instinctive (and intellectual) point of view, a detective novel belongs to the great family of tales, legends, myths, etc., and not to realistic literature.«

Fred Vargas

Detective stories are really myths and tales: Peter Rozovsky talked to Fred Vargas. Read the second part of his revealing interview at his fine blog Detectives Beyond Borders.

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»In any case, I try not to exaggerate when I use some historical or zoological knowledge in a book. It must remain a detective story, not become a historical one with lessons and everything boring.«

Fred Vargas

Peter Rozovsky in conversation with Fred Vargas: In the first part of his interview they talked about Algeria, about the overlap between her careers as author and scientist and a lot more. Read more at the fine blog Detectives Beyond Borders.

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At the Crimefest in Bristol, the shortlist for the 2013 running of the CWA International Dagger was announced.

The six books in contention for the Dagger this year are:

  • Alex by Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne
  • The Missing File by D A Mishani, translated by Steven Cohen
  • Two Soldiers by Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström, translated by Kari Dickson
  • Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas, translated by Siân Reynolds
  • Death in Sardinia by Marco Vichi, translated by Stephen Sartarelli
  • The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach, translated by Anthea Bell

There has been also other shortlists of nominees announced. Please have a look at

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  • The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas
  • Take Five by Jack Batten
  • The Golden Egg by Donna Leon
  • The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die by Colin Cotterill

Margaret Cannon with four new crime fiction novels. Her reviews of books by Fred Vargas, Jack Batten, Donna Leon and Colin Cotterill you can read at The Globe and Mail.

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»When I am writing it is the only moment in my life when I am on purpose trying to be stupid. To let go, open the door to the unconscious.«

Fred Vargas

The Ghost Riders of Ordebec: A Commissaire Adamsberg Novel by Fred Vargas will be published in the UK in April. Jake Kerridge met the crime novelist. His portrait and interview you can read at The Telegraph.

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