Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debout les morts | 1995 | Fred Vargas | N/A |
| 2 | The Three Evangelists | 1995 | Fred Vargas | Buy |
| 3 | Dog Will Have His Day | 1996 | Fred Vargas | Buy |
| 4 | Un po’ più in là sulla destra | 1996 | Fred Vargas | N/A |
| 5 | Sans feu ni lieu | 1997 | Fred Vargas | N/A |
| 6 | The Accordionist | 1997 | Fred Vargas | Buy |
Fred Vargas’s Three Evangelists series features one of the more unusual detective setups in crime fiction: three unemployed historians (nicknamed the evangelists) who share a house in Paris and keep getting drawn into murder cases. The series ran from 1995 to 1997 and sits alongside Vargas’s better-known Commissaire Adamsberg novels as an early showcase for her distinctive style.
The books mix academic humor with genuine mystery plotting, and the three historians bring different specialties to each case. Vargas writes with a loose, almost whimsical tone that sets her apart from most French crime writers. English-speaking readers should note that not all volumes have been translated, so some entries remain available only in French or Italian.