by Frank Wynne (Translator), Frank Wynne (Translator), Pierre Lemaitre (Author)
For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely Irene. But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. Worse still, the press seem to have it in for him - his every move is headline news. When he discovers that the killer has killed before - that each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the fourth estate are quick to coin a nickname...The Novelist...With both men in the public eye, the case develops into a personal duel, each hell-bent on outsmarting the other. There can only be one winner - whoever has the least to lose...
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Published: 06 Mar 2014
ISBN 10: 0857052888
ISBN 13: 9780857052889
Prizes: Winner of Prix du Roman Policier du Festival de Cognac 2006.