Camille

Notes

Camille by Pierre Lemaitre is the third (or fourth, depending on who is counting) instalment of his Camille Verhœven series, The Paris Crime Files. It won the Crime Writers Association 2015 International Dagger.

Short sharp prose, brutally graphic violence and a nasty twist at the end. The audiobook is spectacularly grim.

Publisher’s Synopsis

MEET COMMANDANT CAMILLE VERHOEVEN OF THE PARIS POLICE

WITH NOTHING ELSE TO LOSE

Anne Forestier finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time when she blunders into a raid on a jeweller’s on the Champs-Élysées. Bludgeoned beyond recognition, she is lucky to survive. But her ordeal has only just begun.

HE CAN BREAK ALL THE RULES

Lying helpless in her hospital bed, with her assailant still at large, Anne is in mortal danger. Only one thing gives her hope: Commandant Camille Verhœven.

TO PROTECT THE WOMAN HE LOVES

For Verhœven it’s a case of history repeating itself. He cannot lose Anne as he lost his wife. This time he faces an adversary whose greatest strength appears to be Verhœven’s matchless powers of intuition.

Read a full review of Camille by Pierre Lemaitre at The Sydney Morning Herald.