A birch tree suddenly appears in the Parisian back yard of retired opera singer Sophia Simeonidis. She seeks the help of her neighbors, three post-graduate students named Matthew, Mark, and Luke, to help her. When she later turns up dead, the omen of the tree is only one of the puzzles to be solved. Translated from the French, it's a good mystery with interesting characters.
Fred Vargas the pseudonym of French historian, archaeologist and writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau. She also writes the police procedurals with Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, starting with the excellent The Chalk Circle (1996). To fully understand the quirks of the main character, it’s best to start this series at the beginning.
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