![]() ![]() Winner of the CWA International Dagger Award 2013. Translated from Alex, by Pierre Lemaître, Editions Albin Michel, 2011 3, 2013 In this unpredictable, oddly delectable French thriller, an attractive young Parisian woman is abducted, chained in a crate and brutalized by an avengera crime that doesn't begin to hint at the gruesome killings to follow. His translations include works by Michel Houellebecq and Marcelo Figueras's IFFP-shortlisted Kamchatka. ALEX by Pierre Lemaitre translated by Frank Wynne RELEASE DATE: Sept. His novels to date have earned him exceptional critical and public acclaim as a master of both the crime novel and the thriller.įrank Wynne is a translator from French and Spanish. ![]() Pierre Lemaitre worked for many years as a teacher of literature. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries. The enigma that is the fate of Alex will keep Verhoeven guessing until the bitter, bitter end. He has won the Crime Writers Association International Dagger three times, once alongside Fred Vargas, for 'Alex', and twice as sole winner for 'Camille' and 'The Great Swindle'. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. ![]() All they know is that a girl was snatched off the streets of Paris and bundled into a white van. Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. Alex Prévost – beautiful, resourceful, tough – may be no ordinary victim, but her time is running out.Ĭommandant Camille Verhoeven and his detectives have nothing to go on: no suspect, no lead, rapidly diminishing hope. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. ![]()
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