{"product_id":"the-chalk-circle-man-isbn-9780143115953","title":"The Chalk Circle Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Wildly imaginative.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”\u003cb\u003e—Peter Robinson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Inspector Banks series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen blue chalk circles begin to appear on the pavement in neighborhoods around Paris, Commissaire 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.\u003cb\u003ePraise for Fred Vargas and the Commissaire Adamsberg mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wry humor and offbeat plots blend with a subtly dangerous charm to make Fred Vargas the queen of French crime writers.\" —Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vargas writes with the startling imagery and absurdist wit of a latter-day Anouilh, about fey characters who live in a wonderful bohemian world that never was but should have been.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Spry, ironic, yet fully engaged with the horror of contemporary reality” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “It's a full, rich and strange plate.” —\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[A] high degree of intelligence, sophistication and perversity informs [Vargas’] fiction…I continue to be delighted by the workings of [her] imagination. It’s a tangled web she weaves, and a hard one to escape.”—Patrick Anderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Few crime stories are as apt to leave a reader wondering so ardently: Who dunnit?...Vargas’ characters are like something out of a fairy tale – eternal opposites, ever-renewing archetypes despite their fresh adventures each time. That’s why each novel’s opening feels new.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Anyone who enjoys kooky characters and intricate detail will happily follow Vargas along.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“As droll and fascinating as \u003ci\u003ela ville lumière\u003c\/i\u003e itself.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Adamsberg, always an intuitive sleuth rather than a rational one, is the perfect hero for a series where reality is always a moving target.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vargas is, by some distance, the hottest property in contemporary crime fiction.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(London)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 \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Contessa\u003c\/i\u003e. She has published ten mysteries, five of which feature Commissaire Adamsberg. Her detective fiction is published in 32 languages.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301027860709,"sku":"NP9780143115953","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115953.jpg?v=1767738649","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-chalk-circle-man-isbn-9780143115953","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}