Camille Verhœven, #1

Irene : Book One of the Brigade Criminelle Trilogy

Irene
Bok av Pierre Lemaitre
THE NOVELIST KILLS BY THE BOOK For Commandant Camille Verhoeven life is beautiful. He is happily married and soon to become a father. HE'S ALWAYS ONE CHAPTER AHEAD But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. When his team discovers that the killer has form - and each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the Parisian press are quick to coin a nickname . . . The Novelist. HE HATES HAPPY ENDINGS With the public eye fixed on both hunter and hunted, the case develops into a personal duel, each hell-bent on outsmarting the other. There can only be one winner. The one who has the least to lose.
Kriminalkommissarie Camille Verhoeven väntar barn med sin fru Irène. Han får i uppdrag att lösa mordet på två unga, brutalt styckade prostituerade tjejer som hittas i en lägenhet i Paris. När han kommer mördaren på spåren så kidnappas hans fru - av samme mördare - och Verhoeven måste hitta henne snabbt för mördaren har signalerat att han tänker mörda henne också.

En spännande bok som blir mer och mer rafflande ju längre in man kommer i den.