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Blood Red Rivers
First edition cover
Author	Jean-Christophe Grangé
Original title	Les Rivières pourpres
Translator	Ian Monk
Country	France
Language	French
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Albin Michel
Publication date	10 September 1998
Published in English	2 September 1999
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	416
ISBN	978-2-226-09331-8
OCLC	38498923

Blood Red Rivers (French: Les Rivières pourpres) is a crime novel by Jean-Christophe Grangé, set in the French Alps. First published in French in 1997, it appeared in September 1999 in an English translation by Ian Monk.

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In 2000, Blood Red Rivers was adapted into film as The Crimson Rivers, starring Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel.^[1] The Crimson Rivers, a tv series following the novel and its adaption first aired in 2018, starring Olivier Marchal and Erika Sainte.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Péron, Didier (27 September 2000). "Ça rame sur les Rivières pourpres". Libération (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ Didier, Carine (26 November 2018). "Les Rivières pourpres adapté en série : Erika Sainte et Olivier Marchal en tandem de choc". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2022.

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