Alex
The Heart-Stopping International Bestseller
«'Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth' Alison Flood, Observer.»
Observer
SHE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME
Alex Prevost - kidnapped, beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a wooden cage - is in no position to bargain. Her abductor's only desire is to watch her die.
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SHE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME
Alex Prevost - kidnapped, beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a wooden cage - is in no position to bargain. Her abductor's only desire is to watch her die.
HE WANTS ONLY ONE THING
Apart from a shaky police report, Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads. If he is to find Alex, he will have to get inside her head.
ESCAPE IS JUST THE BEGINNING
Resourceful, tough, beautiful, always two steps ahead - Alex will keep Verhoeven guessing till the bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries.
Alex Prevost - kidnapped, beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a wooden cage - is in no position to bargain. Her abductor's only desire is to watch her die.
HE WANTS ONLY ONE THING
Apart from a shaky police report, Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads. If he is to find Alex, he will have to get inside her head.
ESCAPE IS JUST THE BEGINNING
Resourceful, tough, beautiful, always two steps ahead - Alex will keep Verhoeven guessing till the bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- MacLehose Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 368
- ISBN
- 9780857056269
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 20 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«'Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth' Alison Flood, Observer.»
Observer
«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.
«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.
«'It enthrals at every stage of its unpredictability. Grippingly original' The Times.»
The Times
«An invigoratingly scary, one-sitting read.»
Laura Wilson, Guardian.
«'An absolute gem' »
Eurocrime
«'Brutal crime writing with a tinge of Gauloise ... brilliant'»
Daily Mail
«'Relentlessly gripping, Lemaitre is worthy of all the fuss' »
Independent
«'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' Irish Times.»
Irish Times
«'A literary explosion' Marine Landrot, Télérama.»
Télérama
«'Powerful' Alain Beuve-Mery, Le Mond.»
Le Mond
«'Intelligent, complex, with a gripping plot and deeply intriguing characters. The author's early death is a great loss' Philip Pullman.»
Philip Pullman
«'What a cracking novel! I haven't read such a stunning thriller debut for years. Brilliantly written and totally gripping' Minette Walters.»
Minette Walters
«'I doubt you will read a better book this year' Val McDermid.»
Val McDermid
«'As good as crime writing gets' Times Literary Supplement .»
Literary Supplement