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Irene: The Gripping Opening to The Paris Crime Files
Pierre Lemaitre
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THE NOVELIST KILLS BY THE BOOK
For Commandant Camille Verhoeven life is beautiful. He is happily married and soon to become a father.
HE'S ALWAYS ONE CHAPTER AHEAD
But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. When his team discovers that the killer has form - and each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the Parisian press are quick to coin a nickname . . . The Novelist.
HE HATES HAPPY ENDINGS
With the public eye fixed on both hunter and hunted, the case develops into a personal duel, each hell-bent on outsmarting the other. There can only be one winner. The one who has the least to lose.
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Praise for Irene: The Gripping Opening to The Paris Crime Files
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Gripping, frightening, intelligent and brilliant. - The Times.Ingeniously plotted, deftly mixing dark and comic scenes, introducing the detective's team with panache. - Sunday Times.Quirky, brutal and not for the faint-hearted, it is crime fiction of the highest class . . . Superbly constructed and executed, it puts Lemaitre very close to Ellroy's class. If you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down. - Daily Mail.Thrilling ... with a page-turning race to a grand-slam finish. - Guardian.
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