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

Fred Vargas (seudónimo de Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, París, 1957), arqueóloga de formación, es mundialmente conocida como autora de novelas policiacas. Además del Premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras 2018, ha ganado los más importantes galardones, incluido el prestigioso International Dagger, que le ha sido concedido en tres ocasiones consecutivas. También ha recibido, entre otros, el Prix mystère de la critique (1996 y 2000), el Gran Premio de novela negra del Festival de Cognac (1999), el Trofeo 813, el Giallo Grinzane (2006) o el Premio Landernau Polar (2015). Sus novelas han sido traducidas a múltiples idiomas con un gran éxito de ventas, alguna de ellas incluso se ha llevado al cine. Siruela publica toda su obra en castellano.