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Alex

Pierre Lemaitre

Frank Wynne

Winner of the CWA International Dagger Award 2013.

In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. Alex Prévost - beautiful, resourceful, tough - may be no ordinary victim, but her time is running out.

Commandant Camille Verhœven and his detectives have nothing to go on: no suspect, no lead, rapidly diminishing hope. All they know is that a girl was snatched off the streets of Paris and bundled into a white van.

The enigma that is the fate of Alex will keep Verhœven guessing until the bitter, bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries.

  • Classification : Thriller, Crime & Mystery
  • Pub Date : MAY 15, 2015
  • Imprint : Maclehose Press
  • Page Extent : 368
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781782067481
  • Price : INR 599
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Pierre Lemaitre

Pierre Lemaitre is an internationally renowned French author who was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, for his novel The Great Swindle, and has three times won the C.W.A. International Dagger.

Frank Wynne is an award-winning literary translator.He has translated works by Michel Houellebecq and Frédéric Beigbeder, and his translation of Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes was shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018.

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Frank Wynne

Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He was awarded the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger, alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex, and as sole winner for Camille. In 2013 his novel Au revoir là-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award.>

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