The Man Inside Out

“The Man Inside Out” — the second novel by the brilliant Fred Vargas featuring the legendary Commissioner Adamsberg. This time, the gripping plot unfolds in the mountains, where ancient legends and superstitions still thrive. On alpine pastures, torn sheep are found every day, apparently the prey of an unseen giant wolf. Soon, the local farmer becomes its victim: torn wounds on her neck, a pool of blood, traces of wolf teeth. The peasants begin to talk about a werewolf — a half-man, half-wolf from ancient beliefs. Three people set out in pursuit of the beast in human form — the adopted son of the deceased, an old shepherd, and Parisian Camilla Forestier, the eternally elusive love of Commissioner Adamsberg. But the commissioner is not one to believe in werewolves; he conducts the investigation using methods known only to him. The novel inspired a television film and received three literary awards.
Fred Vargas's books about Commissioner Adamsberg have been translated into forty languages and have garnered numerous national and international awards, including three British “Dagger Awards” and the prize from the Princess of Asturias, which is dubbed the “Spanish Nobel.”