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SHE’S RUNNING OUT OF TIME

Alex Prévost – 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 Verhœven 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, beautiful, always two steps ahead – Alex will keep Verhœven guessing till the bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries.

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Reviews

Adam Sage, The Times.
MacLehose has done it again . . . in Pierre Lemaitre he has unearthed another master of crime fiction destined to become a household name.
Marcel Berlins, The Times.
Grippingly original . . . It enthralls at every stage of its unpredictability.
Alison Flood, Observer.
Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth . . . Alex is about thrills.
Laura Wilson, Guardian.
An invigoratingly scary, one-sitting read.
Peter James
Alex had me gripped more than almost any book I can remember, with one shout-out-aloud knockout twist after another
Eurocrime
'An absolute gem'
Daily Mail
'Brutal crime writing with a tinge of Gauloise ... brilliant'
Independent
'Relentlessly gripping, Lemaitre is worthy of all the fuss'
Irish Times
'Hailed as the most important crime novel in translation since Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Alex similarly features as an intriguingly flawed feminist heroine bent on vengeance, and will likely prove a sensation of the crime fiction year' Irish Times.
Observer
'Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth' Alison Flood, Observer.
The Times
'It enthrals at every stage of its unpredictability. Grippingly original' The Times.
Daily Mail
'Brutal crime writing with a tinge of Gauloise ... brilliant' Daily Mail.
Télérama
'A literary explosion' Marine Landrot, Télérama.
Le Mond
'Powerful' Alain Beuve-Mery, Le Mond.
Philip Pullman
'Intelligent, complex, with a gripping plot and deeply intriguing characters. The author's early death is a great loss' Philip Pullman.
Minette Walters
'What a cracking novel! I haven't read such a stunning thriller debut for years. Brilliantly written and totally gripping' Minette Walters.
Val McDermid
'I doubt you will read a better book this year' Val McDermid.
Literary Supplement
'As good as crime writing gets' Times Literary Supplement .

The Paris Crime Files