Imprint: Vintage
Published: 04/02/2010
ISBN: 9780099488972
Length: 256 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 129mm
Weight: 181g
RRP: £8.99
Winner of The Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is not like other policemen. His methods appear unorthodox in the extreme: he doesn't search for clues; he ignores obvious suspects and arrests people with cast-iron alibis; he appears permanently distracted. In spite of all this his colleagues are forced to admit that he is a born cop.
When strange blue chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris, only Adamsberg takes them - and the increasingly bizarre objects found within them - seriously. And when the body of a woman with her throat savagely cut is found in one, only Adamsberg realises that other murders will soon follow…
‘The hottest property in contemporary crime fiction’ Guardian
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 04/02/2010
ISBN: 9780099488972
Length: 256 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 129mm
Weight: 181g
RRP: £8.99
Rich and witty
She wants to surprise, unsettle, frustrate and amuse - and succeeds in writing a gripping novel that takes readers out of their comfort zones
The hottest property in contemporary crime fiction
The novel shows Vargas in riveting form right from the start of her writing career
Witty, inventive and vaguely surreal, this novel should win over the most diehard crime fiction fans