Pierre Lemaitre


Books by Pierre Lemaitre

Rosy & John

Jean Garnier has hidden seven bombs around Paris and demands the release of his mother Rose from prison as the price of stopping the carnage.

Reviewed on 17 December 2022 by Chris Roberts

Inhuman Resources

Alain Delambre, formerly a highly paid executive in human resources, has been out of regular work for four years. When a major company shows some interest in his application for a senior position he adopts desperate measures to obtain it.

Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Arnold Taylor

Three Days and a Life

Antoine Courtin is 12 years old and lives alone with his divorced mother. Something of a loner, he has developed a deep love for the neighbours’ dog and when it is hit by a car and has to be put down he is devastated.

Reviewed on 11 November 2017 by Arnold Taylor

Blood Wedding

Sophie Duguet, troubled by nightmares and memory loss, is acting as a baby sitter for the young son of a wealthy couple. One morning she wakes up to find him strangled to death. 

Reviewed on 09 July 2016 by Arnold Taylor

Camille

Anne Forestier, the new woman in Camille Verhoeven's life, goes into a toilet in a fashionable shopping quarter and runs into three armed men just on the point of carrying out a robbery.

Reviewed on 06 June 2015 by Arnold Taylor

Irène

Commandant Camille Verhoeven is confronted by the savage murder of two young prostitutes. His investigations lead him to the belief that the circumstances of the murder replicate those described in a well-known crime novel.

Reviewed on 07 February 2015 by Arnold Taylor