The Chalk Circle Man: The First Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery - Couverture souple

Vargas, Fred

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143115952 ISBN 13 : 9780143115953

Editeur : Penguin Books, 2009

Synopsis

The debut mystery in the internationally bestselling Commissaire Adamsberg series

Fred Vargas's Commissaire Adamsberg mysteries are a sensation in France, consistently praised for their intelligence, wit, and macabre imagination. This first novel in the series introduces the unorthodox detective Commissaire Adamsberg-one of the most engaging characters in contemporary crime fiction.

When blue chalk circles begin to appear on the pavement in neighborhoods around Paris, 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.

A Climate of Fear, the latest Commissaire Adamsberg mystery, will soon be available from Penguin.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Fred Vargas is a French medieval historian and archaeologist who has a parallel career as a bestselling crime novelist. She adopted the pseudonym from her twin sister, an artist who works as Jo Vargas—after Ava Gardner’s character in The Barefoot Contessa. She has published ten mysteries, five of which feature Commissaire Adamsberg. Her detective fiction is published in 32 languages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0143115952
• ISBN 13: 9780143115953
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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