- Series: Commissaire Adamsberg #1
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- ISBN: 9781448163496
- Length: 256 pages
- Price: £3.99
The Chalk Circle Man
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Discover the addictive first book in Fred Vargas’s internationally acclaimed Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg series
‘The hottest property in contemporary crime fiction’ Guardian
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…
‘Rich and witty' Independent
**Winner of The CWA Duncan Lawrie International Dagger**
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- Paperback 2010
- Ebook 2014