Pierre Lemaitre has worked for many years as a teacher of literature. His novels to date have earned him exceptional critical and public acclaim as a master of the crime novel and have won him the Prix du Premier Roman de Cognac 2006, the Prix du Meilleur Polar Francophone 2009, and the Prix du Polar European du Point 2010. Alex is his first novel to be translated into English, and won the prestigious 2013 Crime Writers Association International Dagger Award. In 2013 Lemaitre was the recipient of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, the highest literary honor in France, for Au Revoir La-Haut.
Winner of the CWA International Dagger Award!
"[The] stunning final volume of Lemaitre's Commandant Camille
Verhoeven trilogy . . . The author won the CWA International Dagger
Award for 2013's Alex, the first book in the trilogy to be
published in the U.S., and this gut-wrenching entry may well garner
similar honors."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Another winner from Pierre Lemaitre, a French master . . . The
kind of book that will keep you up late simply because you cannot
bear to desert these poor people in their hour of need . . . This
trilogy has a complex architecture of cause and effect, sin and
retribution all its own. Trust Lemaitre: he knows what he is
doing."
--Sydney Morning Herald
"Camille, featuring diminutive detective Camille Verhoeven, is a
more than satisfying addition to the series . . . Lemaitre provides
an emotionally rich and engaging crime thriller. Highly
recommended."--Raven Crime Reads
"Lemaitre is a beautiful writer."--Crime Pieces
"If you like fast-paced crime fiction, this book is definitely for
you. Each twist of the plot hits you like a jarring jolt to the
heart, and each hit of the hammer pushes that nail in until the
very end, when the nail finally goes out the other side. The ending
will leave you craving more, but thankfully, Lemaitre gives us time
to catch our breath! This tale of vengeance and romance and some of
the sickest criminals around will have your heart
pounding."--Killer Nashville
"Verhoeven remains a laser-focused detective who is relentless in
doing whatever it takes to impose just a sliver of justice in a
consistently unjust world. A bittersweet conclusion to this
ferociously intense series."--Booklist
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