Title:
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IRENE
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Volume: |
Book 1 |
By: |
Pierre Lemaitre, Frank Wynne (Trans) |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0857052888 |
ISBN 13: |
9780857052889 |
Publisher: |
QUERCUS PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
1 March, 2014 |
Series: |
Brigade Criminelle Trilogy 1 |
Pages: |
368 |
Translated from: |
French |
Description: |
The first Camille Verhoeven investigation - a prequel to the acclaimed and bestselling Alex. Commandant Verhoeven is on the trail of a murderer with literary aspirations. |
Synopsis: |
For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely Irene. But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. Worse still, the press seem to have it in for him - his every move is headline news. When he discovers that the killer has killed before - that each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the fourth estate are quick to coin a nickname...The Novelist...With both men in the public eye, the case develops into a personal duel, each hell-bent on outsmarting the other. There can only be one winner - whoever has the least to lose... |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
MacLehose Press |
Prizes: |
Winner of Prix du Roman Policier du Festival de Cognac 2006 |
Returns: |
Returnable |