The Chalk Circle Man (Commissaire Adamsberg) (Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery, #1)

by Fred Vargas

Professor in French Sian Reynolds (Translator) and Sian Reynolds (Translator)

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“Wildly imaginative.”—The New York Times

“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series


When blue chalk circles begin to appear on the pavement in neighborhoods around Paris, Commissaire Adamsberg is alone in thinking that they are far from amusing. As he studies each new circle and the increasingly bizarre objects they contain - empty beer cans, four trombones, a pigeon's foot, a doll's head - he senses the cruelty that lies within whoever is responsible. And when a circle is discovered with decidedly less banal contents - a woman with her throat slashed - Adamsberg knows that this is just the beginning.
  • ISBN10 0143115952
  • ISBN13 9780143115953
  • Publish Date 30 June 2009 (first published 5 February 2009)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint Penguin USA