The Chalk Circle Man
$39.08
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2010
Summary
The Chalk Circle Man is the first book featuring Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, one of the most engaging characters in contemporary detective fiction.
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 c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099488972 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099488973 |
| Author: | Fred Vargas, Siân Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Commissaire Adamsberg |
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Critics Review
Rich and witty
Rich and witty * Independent *
She wants to surprise, unsettle, frustrate and amuse - and succeeds in writing a gripping novel that takes readers out of their comfort zones * The Scotsman *
The hottest property in contemporary crime fiction * Guardian *
The novel shows Vargas in riveting form right from the start of her writing career * The Times *
Witty, inventive and vaguely surreal, this novel should win over the most diehard crime fiction fans – Melissa McClemets * Financial Times *
Cunningly constructed… Vargas is everything Grisham is not: witty, intriguing, disconcerting and seductively romantic – Arminta Wallace * Sunday Telegraph *
It is Vargas’s eerie, sensuous portrait of Paris, at once a place of romance and dread, which resonates most hauntingly in this novel – Dan Sheehan * The Irish Times *
A flavoursome translation, it shows her [Vargas’] dark charm from the off – Boyd Tonkin * Independent on Sunday *
About The Author
Fred Vargas
Fred Vargas was born in Paris in 1957. A historian and archaeologist by profession, she is now a bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 45 languages.
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