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The year is 1918, the war on the Western Front all but over. An ambitious officer, Lieutenant Henry D'Aulnay-Pradelle, sends two soldiers over the top and then surreptitiously shoots them in the back to incite his men to attack the German lines. When another of D'Aulnay-Pradelle's soldiers, Albert Maillard, reaches the bodies and discovers how they died, the lieutenant shoves him into a shell hole to silence him. Albert is rescued by fellow soldier, the artist Edouard Péricourt, who takes a bullet in the face. The war ends and both men recover, but Edouard is permanently disfigured, and fakes his death to prevent his family from seeing him as a cripple. In gratitude for Edouard's rescue, Albert becomes the injured man's companion and caregiver. Finding that the postwar gratitude for the soldiers' service is nothing more than lip-service to an empty idea, the two men scramble to survive, ultimately devising a scam to take money for never-to-be-built war memorials from small towns. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Pradelle has married Edouard's sister Madeline and is running a scam of his own that involves the exhumation of war victims. In this sorrowful, heart-searching novel, the interwoven lives of these three men create a tapestry of the human condition as seen through the lens of war, revealing brutality and compassion, heroism and cowardice, in equal measure

The second volume of Pierre Lemaitre's enthralling, award-winning between-the- wars trilogy

The first novel in THE GLORIOUS YEARS, the epic series from the award-winning, bestselling author of THE GREAT SWINDLE - translated by Frank Wynne'Pierre Lemaitre skilfully captivates and stuns the reader' Le Figaro

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

The final novel in Pierre Lemaitre's between-the-wars trilogy - a riotous depiction of the Phoney War from the perspective of an unlikely group of people caught up in its chaos.

Draws on five contemporary and classic literary murder scenes in a prequel to "Alex" that finds Camille Verhoeven linking a brutal double murder to a cold case before his pregnant wife is abducted by the killer.

Set against a backdrop of dark humor and unexpected twists, this crime thriller features an unconventional killer, showcasing Pierre Lemaitre's masterful storytelling. The narrative promises a thrilling experience filled with laughter and suspense, highlighting the author's unique approach to the genre.

Anne Forestier finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time when she is trapped in the middle of a bank robbery. Shot three times, she is lucky to survive - and morbidly unlucky to remember the face of her assailant.Followed home from her hospital bed, Anne is in grave danger. But one thing stands in her favour - a dangerously vengeful partner, carrying the scars of devastating loss, who will break all the rules to protect the woman he loves: Commandant Camille Verhoeven.Following the horror of Ir ne and the thrills of Alex, Camille is the heart-stopping final chapter of Lemaitre's multi-award-winning trilogy, soon to be the subject of a major American film. Drawn once again into a labyrinthine web with answers ever out of reach, Camille must draw on all his talent to face an enemy who threatens everything he holds dear.

Camille Verhoeven returns - but will he be in time to stop a dangerous killer?

A darkly compelling workplace thriller from the master of French Noir

No one is writing quirkier thrillers than Lemaitre, who gets inside the head of his unhinged protagonist with wicked delight while capturing the madness of the modern world ... A feverish, wickedly entertaining work Kirkus Review

Le lundi 7 avril 2003, Camille Verhoeven, commandant à la Brigade criminelle, est appelé sur une scène de crime, dans une friche industrielle de Courbevoie. Deux femmes ont été torturées, tuées, dépecées… Un crime particulièrement épouvantable et déroutant. Un assassin qui a tout prévu, jusque dans le moindre détail, et qui, semble-t-il, connaît bien Verhoeven. Un peu atypique, notre commandant : la quarantaine, chauve comme un œuf, amoureux d’Irène et bientôt père de famille. Extrêmement petit : 1,45 mètre, il voit le monde en contreplongée. Rien d’un Rambo. Les affaires qu’on lui confie sont souvent, elles aussi, hors normes. Travail soigné , Alex , Rosy & John , Sacrifices : des thrillers glaçants qui jonglent avec les codes de la folie meurtrière, une mécanique diabolique et imprévisible, des intrigues aux apparences trompeuses et aux rebondissements saisissants, une écriture nerveuse. Pierre Lemaitre, prix Goncourt 2013 avec Au revoir, là-haut , fait partie des grands auteurs français de thrillers.

Un ogre de béton, une vilaine chute dans l’escalier, le Salon des arts ménagers, une grossesse problématique, la miraculée du Charleville-Paris, la propreté des Françaises, « Savons du Levant, Savons des Gagnants », les lapins du laboratoire Delaveau, vingt mille francs de la main à la main, une affaire judiciaire relancée, la mort d’un village, le mystérieux professeur Keller, un boxeur amoureux, les nécessités du progrès, le chat Joseph, l’inexorable montée des eaux, une vendeuse aux yeux gris, la confession de l’ingénieur Destouches, un accident de voiture. Et trois histoires d’amour.

Morgendämmerung. Eine ältere Dame wartet in ihrem Auto. Ein Herr kehrt vom Gassigehen nach Hause zurück. Sie klingelt an seiner Tür. Er öffnet der eleganten, harmlos wirkenden Frau. Dann zerfetzt eine großkalibrige Kugel seinen Schädel in Abertausend Fetzen. Mathilde, die siebzigjährige Auftragskillerin, hat ihren Auftrag ausgeführt. Vielleicht etwas brutaler als nötig, aber wen stört das schon? Es stört Mathildes Auftraggeber. Die unkontrollierbaren Gewalteskapaden und der Mangel an Diskretion, den die alte Dame an den Tag legt, bereiten ihnen Sorgen. Also muss sie weg. Und das wiederum stört Mathilde doch sehr! Der französische Romancier Pierre Lemaitre (»Wir sehen uns dort oben«) erkundet in »Auf den Hund gekommen« lustvoll die Dynamik zwischen schrägen Figuren im Kontext eines geradlinigen Thrillers. Dominique Monférys Illustrationen, die realistischen Detailreichtum und liebevollen Karikaturstil elegant zusammenführen, fangen diese besondere Erzählstimme perfekt ein.