Christine Adamo (born 1965) is a French writer who comes from the world of the sciences. Specialized in environmental information, she writes thrillers which cross science, history and suspense.

Novels

* '' Requiem pour un poisson'' (Requiem for a fish) (Liana Levi and Folio policier – Gallimard (France), 2005, De Geus (Netherland), Effemme (Italy), Alpha Books (China)), tells how a Parisian girl, Marie, get caught into the deadly discovery of an enigmatic

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'' (Southern black) (Liana Levi and Folio policier – Gallimard (France) (2006), De Geus (Netherland), Touring Editore (Italia)), develops two plots which come together in the end: the odyssey of an

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tribe from 70,000 BCE to the present and the story of a young Australian woman, Liz, who moves to

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in search of her French roots. * ''

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(France), 2009), precipitates Hammond Mac Leod, a young and distinguished dean of the University of

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, in Scotland, into an atrocious

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strangely linked to forgotten

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of ancient

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Award nominations

In 2005, '' Requiem pour un poisson'' was shortlisted for several awards, including the Prix du polar Européen, the Prix Carrefour and the Prix SNCF. In 2006, ''

'' was shortlisted for several awards, including the Prix Michel Lebrun.

References

External links

Some reviews of Adamo's books : * http://www.parismatch.com/Culture-Match/Livres/Actu/Des-livres-pour-l-ete-108815/ * http://www.lefigaro.fr/lefigaromagazine/2009/07/04/01006-20090704ARTFIG00107—les-huit-grandes-enquetes-a-suivre-cet-ete-.php * http://www.ouest-France.fr/actu/loisirsDet_-Polar-_3723-1010226_actu.Htm * http://www.estrepublicain.fr/A%20la%20une/roman/art_1143371.php * https://web.archive.org/web/20080602064732/http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/sciences/0,,3180135,00-virus-frontieres-philo-dans-sous-bois-.html * http://www.evene.fr/tout/christine-adamo French and foreign publishers of Adamo's books: * https://web.archive.org/web/20091014235318/http://www.lianalevi.fr/auteurs/adamo.htm * http://www.albin-michel.fr/fiche.php?EAN=9782226190956 * https://web.archive.org/web/20091006073326/http://www.folio-lesite.fr/foliopolicier/themes/heroines.jsp * https://web.archive.org/web/20110724151228/http://www.degeus.nl/author/489.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20090403210511/http://www.effemme-edizioni.it/new/narrativa/scheda.php?id=12&id_categoria=3&label=Abisso * http://www.touringclub.com/ITA/viaggiatori/guidecartelibri/titolo.aspx?IDEditoria=1505 1965 births Living people 21st-century French novelists French crime fiction writers Women mystery writers 21st-century French women writers {{France-writer-stub