alex the commandant camille verhoeven trilogy

'Lemaitre's plot is laid out with mathematical precision: a beautiful woman is kidnapped, stripped naked, thrown into a cage and subjected to the systematic torture of a brutal captor. unexpected plot twists will keep readers turning the pages.'- Publishers Weekly (Starred and Boxed Review) 'Will keep you turning pages until well past your bedtime-with all the lights on, of course.'- Library Journal 'Genuinely unpredictable in a way few suspense novels are.'- Charles Finch, USA Today filled with many twists and turns of plot along with a huge surprise.'- Connie Fletcher, Booklist Plus, s'il vous plait.'- Thom Geier, Entertainment Weekly This gritty page-turner, Alex, is the first in a promised trilogy. 'Before you can say Gone Girl, he discovers the crime is far from random and Alex anything but an ordinary victim. 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.'- CWA International Dagger Award Judges citation 'An original and absorbing ability to leash incredulity in the name of the fictional contract between author and reader. 'An eloquent thriller with a denouement that raises eyebrows as it speeds the pulse.'- Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Larsson's many readers should take this book to their hearts and should find themselves waiting, with some degree of impatience, for the next Verhoeven novel to appear.'- Bill Sheehan, The Washington Post Book World 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. 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.

Alex the commandant camille verhoeven trilogy