Pierre Lemaitre is een Franse romanschrijver en scenarioschrijver, internationaal geroemd om zijn misdaadromans met Commandant Camille Verhœven. Zijn werk wordt geprezen om de meeslepende verhalen en diepgaande inzichten in de menselijke psyche. Lemaitre toont ook een opmerkelijke veelzijdigheid met zijn uitgebreide historische romans.
Als voor de ogen van de twaalfjarige Antoine zijn lievelingshond wordt vermoord, reageert hij zijn woede af op zijn zesjarige buurjongetje. Hij slaat en schopt en gaat net zolang door tot… Dood. Het was een ongeluk, maar wie gelooft dat? In blinde paniek besluit Antoine ieder spoor uit te wissen. Drie dagen brengt hij in wanhoop door. Zal de waarheid aan het licht komen? En zal hij zijn schuldgevoel ooit te boven komen? Drie dagen en levenslang is een intelligente page-turner naar de donkerste hoeken van de menselijke ziel. Een even duistere als schokkende en vooral onweerstaanbaar spannende, psychologische roman.
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 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
In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are vital. Police Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads, no hope. But as he begins to understand more about Alex, he starts to realise she is no ordinary victim...
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.
