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Fred Vargas: The Chalk Circle Man (Commissaire Adamsberg) [2010] paperback CCON remain recognisably its heirsWinner 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 are forced to admit that he is a born cop. When strange blue chalk circles start appearing overnight on the