Irene (Camille Verhoeven #1) by Pierre Lemaitre

Winner of the C.W.A. INTERNATIONAL DAGGER

HE KILLS BY THE BOOK

For Commandant Camille Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married and soon to become a father.

HE'S ALWAYS ONE CHAPTER AHEAD

But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. When he discovers the killer has form - and each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the Parisian press are quick to coin a nickname . . . the Novelist.

HE HATES HAPPY ENDINGS

With the public eye fixed on both hunter and hunted, 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 . . .