The Chalk Circle Man
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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…
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Vargas' Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is a unique creation, very French, very eccentric, but not irritatingly so. A series if random chalk circles start appearing on Paris streets, each containing a random item, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg senses this is the beginnings of a serial killer spree and the tension quickly escalates as a woman's body is discovered in one.
Vargas has a wonderful engaging style that keeps the reader immersed.
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