Alex - Hardcover

Lemaitre, Pierre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1623650003 ISBN 13: 9781623650001

Publisher: Maclehose Pr, 2013

Synopsis

Upon winning the prestigious 2013 Crime Writers Association International Dagger Award, the judges praised Alex by saying, "An original and absorbing ability to leash incredulity in the name of the fictional contract between author and reader... A police procedural, a thriller against time, a race between hunted and hunter, and a whydunnit, written from multiple points of view that explore several apparently parallel stories which finally meet."

Alex Prevost--kidnapped, savagely beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a tiny wooden cage--is running out of time. Her abductor appears to want only to watch her die. Will hunger, thirst, or the rats get her first?

Apart from a shaky eyewitness report of the abduction, Police Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads, and no family or friends anxious to find a missing loved one. The diminutive and brilliant detective knows from bitter experience the urgency of finding the missing woman as quickly as possible--but first he must understand more about her.

As he uncovers the details of the young woman's singular history, Camille is forced to acknowledge that the person he seeks is no ordinary victim. She is beautiful, yes, but also extremely tough and resourceful. Before long, saving Alex's life will be the least of Commandant Verhoeven's considerable challenges.

A 2013 Financial Times Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the 2014 RUSA Reading List Horror Award

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Review

Alex had me gripped more than almost any book I can remember, with one shout-out-aloud knockout twist after another (Peter James)

MacLehose has done it again . . . in Pierre Lemaitre he has unearthed another master of crime fiction destined to become a household name. (Adam Sage The Times.)

Grippingly original . . . It enthralls at every stage of its unpredictability. (Marcel Berlins The Times.)

Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth . . . Alex is about thrills. (Alison Flood Observer.)

An invigoratingly scary, one-sitting read. (Laura Wilson Guardian.)

MacLehose has done it again . . . in Pierre Lemaitre he has unearthed another master of crime fiction destined to become a household name. (The Times.)

Grippingly original . . . It enthralls at every stage of its unpredictability. (The Times.)

Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth . . . Alex is about thrills. (Observer.)

An invigoratingly scary, one-sitting read. (Guardian.)

'An absolute gem' Eurocrime. (Eurocrime)

Book Description

The acclaimed, worldwide bestselling second book in the Brigade Criminelle Trilogy, reissued in a stunning new package to tie in with Lemaitre's standalone thriller Blood Wedding

About this edition

• Publisher: Maclehose Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1623650003
• ISBN 13: 9781623650001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368