Alex by Pierre Lemaitre

Alex

Pierre Lemaitre

Classic French crime meets Scandi Noir in a truly gripping thriller in which the eponymous Alex is at least as fascinating as detective Commandant Verhoeven: and that's saying something. I can't wait for the second title which is promised for 2014.

Extract
That day at the morgue, they didn't speak to each other. It's tricky offering your condolences when the deceased is a serial killer who has destroyed the lives of half a dozen families.
Parallels
  • Vertigo by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
  • Any by Fred Vargas
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
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Violence
Explicit sexual content