Alex: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy

from jan.fleming

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 ...

from judithrs

Alex. Pierre Lemaitre. 2011. Oh, wow! This is one of the most suspenseful books I have read in a long time. It is x-rated for violence and language. The book opens with a horrifying abduction, and then switches to the police. Police Commandant Camille Verheoeven is assigned to investigate the mys...

from MaggieFlo

This book was really hard to put down. The story takes place in Paris in the Fall and centres around a thirty year old woman called Alex. She has various aliaises and we realize early on that she is a serial killer who targets men. Her MO is a blow to the head and then acid down the throat. The b...

from 4leschats

This book was very different than I expected. It starts off with the kidnapping the girl of the title who is held in a cage by a man who comes daily to take pictures of her dying. After the report of the kidnapping reaches the police Camille, wracked with the guilt of not having saved his own wif...

from SigmundFraud

Alex: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy by Pierre Lemaitre is a compelling read. I don't usually read mysteries/thriller but since I was attracted to the new translation from the French of Lemaitre's last book I thought I would try Alex. Wow. Some story but you must be prepared for a great...