This is the third book I read Vargas and I am more a fan. It is so good and so well written search. The story is captivating from beginning to end. The characters are all weird but they are doing their weirdness endearing.
Adamberg is not in this book, it is a book out before his arrival.
If you do not know Vargas then take you over, for now the three books I have read are all great.