The Chalk Circle Man

Resumen del libro

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 are forced to admit that he is highly successful a born cop.
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 amusing. He insists on being kept informed of new circles and the increasingly bizarre objects which they contain: 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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Fred Vargasx{0026}lt;/B (París, 1957), medievalista y arqueóloga, se dedica de forma paralela a la literatura policíaca. Sus novelas se han convertido en un arrollador éxito, no solo en su país sinó también en las 32 lenguas a las que han sido traducidas. Original en su concepción del género, obras como x{0026}lt;I El hombre de los círculos azulesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Los que van a morir te saludanx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Más allá, a la derechax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Que se levanten los muertosx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Sin hogar ni lugarx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El hombre del revésx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Huye rápido, vete lejosx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Fluye el Senax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Bajo los vientos de Neptunox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I La tercera virgenx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Un lugar inciertox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El Ejército Furiosox{0026}lt;/I o x{0026}lt;I Tiempos de hielox{0026}lt;/I han hecho a la autora, cuyo verdadero nombre es Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, acreedora de galardones como el Prix Mystère de la Critique (1996 y 2000), el Gran Premio de Novela Negra del Festival de Cognac (1999), el Deutscher Krimipreis (2004), el Giallo Grinzane (2006), el Dagger (2007) o el Premi Negra y Criminal (2011).x{0026}lt;/P