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2000s: Murders with a literary twist…by the killer they nickname ‘ The Novelist”
Irène (Brigade Criminelle 1)
What you need to know before your trail
For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely Irène.
But if this seems too good to be true, then it is. His blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. To make matters worse, the press seems to have it in for him and quick to publish a headline which screams out for attention.
The background to the murders becomes a story of its own when the press dub the killer The Novelist’ for each of the crimes have a literary slant.
But there is going to be no happy ending with any of this sad story
Travel Guide
A novel way to discover gritty crime fiction
As the author mentions in his note, he says he wrote the novel as he owes everything there is to books and great crime fiction. Imagine a killer who really did re-enacts a murder based on the ones he reads about. Brrr
There are many novels included in this book so really the tour here would be to buy all of the following and to read them in homage to Irene, whilst sitting in Paris of course.
Emile Gaboriau’s Le Crime D’Orcival
Camille Verhoeven – Black Dahlia
Brett Easton Ellis – American Psycho
Michael McIIvanney – Laidlaw
John D MacDonald – The End of the Night
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, – Roseanna
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Irene (Brigade Criminelle 1)
Author/ Guide: Pierre Lemaitre Destination: Paris Departure Time : 2000s
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