The brightest star of French fiction. Fred Vargas (French Fred Vargas; real name - Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau) is the brightest star of French fiction. Fred (diminutive of Frederic) was born on June 7, 1957 in Paris into a family of scientists. 10 minutes earlier, her sister Joelle was born, who later became an artist and was the first to choose the pseudonym Vargas (Maria Vargas is a dancer from the film “The Barefoot Contessa” performed by A. Gardner). Fred became a historian and archaeologist, a specialist in the Middle Ages. To escape the monotony of work at excavations, she begins to play the accordion. Having devoted 10 years to this hobby and not achieving significant success, Fred turns to another type of creativity - detective literature. Her first novel, “Games of Love and Death,” received the prize of the leading French detective festival in Cognac. In the second novel, the writer's main character, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, appears. Other works by Fred Vargas also received awards at the Cognac festival, critics' prizes, and awards at international book exhibitions. Contents: Commissioner Adamberg: 1. The man drawing blue circles (Translation: E. Tarusina)2. A man inside out (Translation: Elena Tarusina)3. Leave quickly and don’t rush back (Translation: Oksana Churakova)4. The Seine flows (Translation: Nikolay Bazhenov)5. Game of Neptune (Translation: Elena Klokova)6. Eternity for two (Translation: Maria Zonina)7. Protected place (Translation: Nina Kulish)8. Hell's Host(Translation: Nina Kulish)9. Cold time (Translation: Maria Zonina)10. When the hermit comes out (Translation: Elena Tarusina) Three evangelists: 1. Dead, rise! (Translation: O. Weiner)2. Wrong Deed (Translation: Oksana Churakova)3. Homeless (Translation: Oksana Churakova) Separate detective: 1. The Case of the Three Emperors (Translation: N. Kulish)