Alex by Pierre Lemaitre - ISBN: 9780857056269
Paperback
Kidnapped, caged, running out of time: escape is just the beginning.

Alex

The Heart-Stopping International Bestseller

  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    12 July 2016

Summary

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, b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857056269
ISBN-10:0857056263
Author:Pierre Lemaitre
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:MacLehose Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:12 July 2016
Weight:254g
Dimensions:201mm x 149mm x 24mm
Series:The Paris Crime Files
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Will keep you turning pages until well past your bedtime–with all the lights on, of course.”– Library Journal

A really excellent suspense novelist. - Stephen King.

MacLehose has done it again … in Pierre Lemaitre he has unearthed another master of crime fiction destined to become a household name. - The Times.

Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth … Alex is about thrills. - Observer.

Grippingly original … It enthralls at every stage of its unpredictability. - The Times.

An invigoratingly scary, one-sitting read. - Guardian.

About The Author

Pierre Lemaitre

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. In 2013 his novel Au revoir la-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France’s leading literary award.

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