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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

    • 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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    Pierre Lemaitre

    Pierre Lemaitre

    Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He was awarded the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger, alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex, and as sole winner for Camille. In 2013 his novel Au revoir lA -haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award.

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