[ebooktalk] Audio book
- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:13:46 +0100
Hi
I will shortly be posting sendspace links to the book "Alex" by Pierre
Lemaitre.
This book has just won the Crime Writer's Association award for best
translated book of 2012. Having just finished the book myself, I would not
recommend it to those who do not enjoy descriptions of torture.
Review
'It enthrals at every stage of its unpredictability. Grippingly original'
The Times.
'A weaver of dark and disturbing crime fiction ... Lemaitre brings his
stinging, bitter story to a genuinely unexpected conclusion' Daily Mail.
'The book moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately
plotted race to a dark truth' Observer.
'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' The Irish Times.
'A beguiling series of investigations linked only by Alex, a Parisian
version of Lisbeth Salander' Sunday Times.
'Every so often a crime novel comes along that creates a remarkable buzz ...
a truly thrilling command of language' Good Book Guide.
'Exhilarating, literary, Hitchcockian' Le Monde magazine.
'An absolute gem ... wonderfully dark, scary, mad, bad and dangerous to
know, but just far too good to miss' Raven Crime Reads.
'A spectacular plot twist and the tension, along with the body count, mounts
ever higher - an invigoratingly scary, one-sitting read' Guardian.
Product Description
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 Verhoeven 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 Verhoeven guessing until the
bitter, bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of
his worries.
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