Bibliograph

The chalk circle man, Fred Vargas ; translated from the French by Sian Reynolds

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The chalk circle man, Fred Vargas ; translated from the French by Sian Reynolds

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The chalk circle man

Oclc number

276819814

Responsibility statement

Fred Vargas ; translated from the French by Sian Reynolds

Series statement

Commissaire Adamsberg mystery, 1

Summary

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 iron-clad alibis; he appears permanently distracted. When strange, blue chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris, the press take up the story with amusement and psychiatrists trot out their theories. Adamsberg is alone in thinking this is not a game and far from amusingHe insists on being kept informed of new circles and the increasingly bizarre objects which they contain: empty beer cans, four trombones, a pigeon's foot, four cigarette lighters, a badge proclaiming "I Love Elvis," a hat, a doll's head. Adamsberg senses the cruelty that lies behind these seemingly random occurrences. Soon a circle with decidedly less banal contents is discovered: the body of a woman with her throat savagely cut. Adamsberg knows that other murders will follow

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