ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Antonin Varenne has travelled a great deal and completed an MA in
philosophy before embarking on a career as a writer. Bed of Nails
is the first of a new series of crime novels set in the Paris
underworld.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:
Sian Reynolds is the translator of Fernand Braudel, and of CWA
award-winning crime novels by Fred Vargas.
"A powerful and original debut crime story, definitely one for
Vargas fans to try, and I very much hope that there is more Varenne
crime fiction to come. I will be waiting, with bated breath, my
hands over my eyes and peeking through my fingers, as I watch his
next story unfold."--Lynn Harvey, Euro Crime
"An excursion into Fred Vargas territory... an intriguing read,
with a bold and surprisingly moving ending."--Laura Wilson, The
Guardian
"Bed of Nails engages with the violence at the heart of society,
and the darkest elements of human nature."--Fantastic Fiction
"Imaginative and disturbing"Marcel Berlins, The Times--
"Superb... The novel has a strikingly original plot and characters,
and its pessimism is balanced by Varenne's inexhaustible human
sympathy."--Joan Smith, The Sunday Times
"This book excels in its characterization and depiction of human
relationships and it is worth reading for these elements
alone."--Crimepieces
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