Alex is the first work by award-winning French author Pierre Lemaître to be translated – superbly, by Frank Wynne – into English. At first, with a gorgeous woman who has a penchant for strange wigs and dines alone in Parisian restaurants, and a 4ft 11in detective with a host of eccentric colleagues, we seem to be about to disappear down the rabbit hole of self-conscious Gallic whimsy, but when the beautiful . The enigma that is the fate of Alex will keep Verhoeven guessing until the bitter, bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries. Author: Pierre Lemaitre. With quiet virtuosity, Lemaitre moves the narrative through its various levels toward a concluding act of retribution that is both ingeniously conceived and immensely satisfying. Tricky, disturbing and ultimately affecting, Alex is a welcome addition to the rising tide of European crime fiction that has followed in the wake of Stieg Larsson's death. Larsson's many readers should take this book to their hearts and /5().
Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. 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". Winner of the CWA International Dagger Award Now on sale everywhere books are www.doorway.ru kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, th. I can tell you in just two words why ALEX (MacLehose, $), a thriller by the fashionable French author Pierre Lemaitre, was such a sensation in www.doorway.ruan politics. Just kidding! The two.
Lemaitre's talent lies in never being predictable." - Le Figaro (France) "Hailed as the most important crime novel in translation since Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Alex similarly features as an intriguingly flawed feminist heroine bent on vengeance, and will likely prove a sensation of the crime fiction year.". Pierre Lemaitre has 35 books on Goodreads with ratings. Pierre Lemaitre’s most popular book is Alex. Alex (Camille Verhœven Trilogy #2) is a crime novel written by French novelist Pierre Lemaitre. The novel, though originally published in French in , came to be translated to English by Frank Wynne in
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