Irene: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy, by Pierre Lemaitre
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Camille Verhoeven, whose diminutive stature belies his fierce intensity, has reached an unusually content (for him) place in life. he is respected by his colleagues and he and his lovely wife, Irene, are expecting their first child.But when a new murder case hits his desk--a double torture-homicide that's so extreme that even the most seasoned officers are horrified-Verhoeven is overcome with a sense of foreboding. As links emerge between the bloody set-piece and at least one past unsolved murder, it becomes clear that a calculating serial killer is at work. The press has a field day, taking particular pleasure in putting Verhoeven under the media spotlight (and revealing uncomfortable details of his personal life). Then Verhoeven makes a breakthrough discovery: the murders are modeled after the exploits of serial killers from classic works of crime fiction. The double murder was an exquisitely detailed replication of a scene from Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho, and one of the linked cold cases was a faithful homage to James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia. The media circus reaches a fever pitch when the modus operandi of the killer, dubbed "The Novelist," is revealed. Worse, the Novelist has taken to writing taunting letters to the police, emphasizing that he will stop leaving any clues behind unless Verhoeven remains on the case. For reasons known only to the killer, the case has become personal. With more literature--inspired murders surfacing, Verhoeven enlists the help of an eccentric bookseller and a professor specializing in crime fiction to try to anticipate his adversary's next move. Then Irene is kidnapped.With time running out, Verhoeven realizes that all along he's been the unwitting dupe in The Novelist's plans to create an original work of his own. Now, the only person in the world the commandant truly cares for is in danger, and a happy ending seems less and less likely as it becomes clear that the winner of this deadly game may be the man with the least to lose.
Irene: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy, by Pierre Lemaitre - Amazon Sales Rank: #248275 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-03
- Released on: 2015-11-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.50" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
Irene: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy, by Pierre Lemaitre Review "In the imaginative, unsettling "Irène", readers will discover that French author Pierre Lemaitre has constructed a fine (if sometimes obscenely grisly) example of that genre-and then, in its last 40 pages, they will begin to realize that they have followed the author deep down a disorienting rabbit hole . . . Mr. Lemaitre toys with the genre's tropes-the disparate police team, the suspicious-seeming civilian experts, the red herring as huge as Moby Dick-to his own unpredictable purposes. He succeeds in having his conceptual gateauand eating it, too. The bibliophilic villain doesn't hesitate to call his book-this book-"a triumph . . . a harrowing, true-to-life tale, a metafiction that recounts the murderous machinations of its own creation." But let the reader beware: "Irène," with its dizzying final twist, may give you vertigo."―Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal"Irène gets off to a fast start and races pell-mell to a jaw-dropping conclusion . . . Mr. Lemaitre fires away in a prose style that's like a flurry of short jabs to the solar plexus."―The New York Times"Irene is superior crime fiction, worthy of the international attention it has received . . . Once I accepted the novel's portrayals of violence, I found little to fault in Irene . . . The novel's closing chapters are as suspenseful and ultimatelyas shocking as the climax of any thriller I can recall; the final pages will leave readers numb. In Irene, violence ups the ante, and tough-minded writing carries the day."―Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post"French literary sensation Lemaitre earned comparisons to Stieg Larsson (and a 2013 CWA International Dagger Award) with Alex, a gruesome and twisty mashup of police procedural, thriller, and psychological horror. Its newly translated predecessor might be even better . . . [Irene is] hardly predictable, as [Lemaitre] pushes the pulse-quickening plot toward an ingenious-and shocking-finale."―Library Journal"Lemaitre's measured, intelligent approach to a police investigation rings of authenticity . . . But the real genius of this novel are the twists Lemaitre incorporates into the storyline, lifting it above the genre and into a different category entirely. A book that no matter how fast the reader connects the dots still produces a bombshell that's both brilliant and diabolical."―Booklist (Starred Review)"Irène gets off to a fast start and races pell-mell to a jaw-dropping conclusion . . . Mr. Lemaitre fires away in a prose style that's like a flurry of short jabs to the solar plexus. His translator, Frank Wynne, skillfully renders the tough-guy slang, the police jargon and the irrepressible zip of a narrative that unfolds, despite the copious gore, precisely and methodically. It's a metronome set at allegro furioso . . . Mr. Lemaitre pulls some unexpected strings, upending expectations with a flourish that readers will find either pure genius or too clever by half - or one and a half. Either way, by novel's end, Verhoeven needs a new title: meta-meta detective."―William Grimes, The New York Times"Irène is compulsive reading . . . The narrative is fast-paced and the suspense unbearably taut."―Thuy On, The Sidney Morning Herald"Pierre Lemaitre's Alex earned rave reviews last year, not least for the way Lemaitre reworked the tropes of the conventional serial-killer novel to create a clever police procedural that worked as a superb thriller even as it confounded readers' expectations of the genre. The follow-up, Irene, is equally clever, as the diminutive Parisian detective Camille Verhoeven is initially confronted with a murder scene so horrific that it puts him in mind of Goya's Saturn Devouring his Son."―Irish Times"Last year I raved about Lemaitre's first published crime novel Alex, but this second - which was, in fact, the first he wrote, as it introduces his detective, Commandant Verhoeven - is even better. Quirky, brutal and not for the faint-hearted, it is crime fiction of the highest class... Superbly constructed and executed, it puts Lemaitre very close to Ellroy's class. If you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down."―Geoffery Wansell, Daily Mail"Verhoeven is a one-of-a-kind detective . . . Not for the faint of heart, this gritty thriller will appeal to fans of Chelsea Cain, for the grisly details, and Fred Vargas, for the French setting and iconoclastic sleuth."―Kirkus Reviews"gripping"―Bookish
About the Author Pierre Lemaitre worked for many years as a literature professor before become a full-time writer. He has won exceptional critical and public acclaim as a master of the crime novel and has won the Prix du Premier Roman de Cognac, the Prix du Meilleur Polar Francophone, and the Prix du Polar Europeen du Point. Alex was the co-recipient of the influential 2013 Crime Writers Association International Dagger Award. Also in 2013, Lemaitre won the prestigious Prix Goncourt, the highest literary honor in France, for Au Revoir La-Haut, a standalone novel about soldiers coping with the final days of World War I.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Grisly. Gory. Good. By Denise Crawford If you're planning to read the Verhoeven Trilogy, be sure to read this one first! I made the mistake of reading the second one first, Alex: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy, and it spoiled much of the shock because I already knew the outcome. Sometimes it doesn't matter that much if you read out of order, but in this case it most definitely, positively does. That said, get ready for chills and thrills in this action packed suspense thriller that grabs on and doesn't let go.Police Commandant Camille Verhoeven is called to the scene of a very brutal homicide (lots of graphic details in this book so be forewarned) and finds a message: I AM BACK! After some initial investigation, and a call from a bookstore owner, the team finds that the serial killer may be staging scenes from classics in the crime fiction genre. The case becomes intense very quickly with tons of media attention and even a personal profile about Camille and his wife, Irene, who are expecting a baby. All the papers are demanding answers about unsolved murders from the past and worried about what this mad killer has planned next.No more revelations about the plot, but know that it is fast paced and had me furiously flipping the pages racing toward the climax. I could not put this down until the very end. Even though I KNEW what was coming (mistakenly reading ALEX first - DO NOT DO IT), I was still caught up. I'd recommend it if you like psycho thriller chiller type of books with well-developed characters who are quite unique.I can't wait for the conclusion to this trilogy: Camille: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy due for release May 5, 2015.October 24, 2014
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Irène is simply brilliant. Though filled with absolutely horrific details taken from ... By wordsandpeace Irène is simply brilliant. Though filled with absolutely horrific details taken from classics of crime fiction, it presents a unique serial killer organizing everything meticulously to imitate these crimes scenes. The suspense is relentless and will not let you breathe until you identify him.I have a confession to make to you: I’m usually not into crime fiction. But Irène blew my mind!It was the first novel by Pierre Lemaitre. For some reason, it was not translated in English at the time. Then came the 2nd volume, Alex, which got more attention because of a movie version. It was translated n English. Then it seems English readers thought it was really good and now they wanted also volume 1!I was fortunate enough not to read Alex first, and I highly encourage you to read the books in the correct order, you will get so much more, and I promise you quite a ride!Police Commandant Camille Verhœven is working on a case when his colleague Louis calls him about a crime scene that’s real carnage, or bloodbath. But there are intriguing details in the scene, and no one can figure out why the killer would have done such things. When they discover the same type of oddities in other crimes, Camille tries to figure out the connection. I wish the synopsis did not say what the connection is, but as it does, I’ll expand on that myself.With his rich experience and great intuition, the idea comes actually to him in a nightmare: it sounds like the serial killer is trying to reproduce faithfully all the details included in famous crime novels. Of course no one believes him on his staff, and he has to consult a literature teacher and a bookseller specialized in that genre to trace these novels, that do exist for real. But, could a teacher or a bookseller be advanced killers?Then one day, a newspaper article mentions Camille’s theory, and the suspense has an added layer as he wonders where the leak could be coming from.Also, two policemen on Camille’s staff keep arguing about something, but they tell him it’s just personal and they refuse to tell him what it is about. So the reader wonders if this is connected with the crime.If you are attentive to details, you may have an inkling both about what will eventually happen, with something briefly mentioned in a scene in a novel, and also you may notice that Camille makes a professional mistake at one point, by not doing a thorough check on someone.Lemaitre wrote his first book as a homage to crime fiction, and he had the brilliant idea to have the serial killer imitate these famous crimes scenes, and write his own book from there.This is the first book I read where the mere title left me on the edge of my seat for most of the book. Here is why: when the book opens, we know that Camille, 40, is married to Irène. Later, we learn she is pregnant. Nothing more for now, and we follow Camille on his job as he tracks the serial killer.So all along, as I read about these various crimes and tried to figure out who the serial killer could be, I was wondering: why is the book entitled Irène? Is something bad going to happen to her? Will she lose her baby? Or worse? Of course I’m not going to tell you.Note that the French title was not Irène at all, but Travail soigné (Meticulous work), so bravo to the English title, it works even better!I think the whole idea of a killer imitating books is just brilliant. It may sound a bit flat as I say it, but I was awed as I progressively discovered it, and the book is so well built, with even a book within a book at the end. The chapters, following Camile all along April 2003, are short and nervy, then getting even shorter with the pace accelerating and increasing the suspense. From time to time, to help release a bit the tension, there are some details on Camille’s private life.So let’s talk about the tension: even if Lemaitre himself did not invent the details of the crime scenes, as they come from famous novels, they are still just plain horrific. There’s no other way to say it, and the book can be disturbing if you are not used to crime fiction. It may be better not to read it by night. The details are extremely specific and gory.I will spare you with any quotations of the crimes, but I would like to share this neat passage about the bookshop: Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine. An old-fashioned bookshop utterly unlike the sterile, sprawling shops lit by fluorescent tubes. Everything here spoke of craftsmanship: the polished parquet floor, the wooden bookshelves, the brushed-aluminum ladders, the soft lighting. The atmosphere, at once calm and stately, prompted voices to drop to a whisper. It was a foretaste of eternity. p.169But if you can bear the horror of each crime, you will thoroughly enjoy this novel. There are also lots of details about how the French system works to find killers. The details about forensics, computer work, and psychological analysis were also fascinating facets.And then you have the whole world of journalists, who always want to know everything about a case to publish it…Time now for me to go and read Alex.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The twists and turns of the plot, which is tightly written, will keep readers on the edge of their seats. By Bookreporter IRENE is the prequel to Pierre Lemairte's Crime Writers' Association International Dagger Award-winning novel ALEX. The architecture of this highly taut book is braced with death scenes from contemporary novels such as AMERICAN PSYCHO by Bret Easton Ellis and THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy.As the story opens, Commandant Camille Verhoeven and his team are called to a ghoulish crime scene. Two women are dead but not just in an "ordinary" way. They have been tortured and cut up into many pieces. No clues are found near the crime scene, but the names of the dead females are discovered by the detectives. "Suddenly [Verhoeven] felt that the discovery of the bodies...was about to turn from a battle of wills into open warfare."The discovery of another death scene is clearly the work of "The Novelist," the name the media calls the murderer. Everyone now understands that a serial killer is hiding among them. Readers are lured into the sketches of the killings while reading through their fingers, which are covering their eyes. That is how tense and surreal the narrative seems to feel. Verhoeven is in control of the investigation, and his crew is loyal to him. Or are they?Verhoeven is a father-to-be, and his wife, Irene, is the center of his life. He has reached a point where he is happy with the choices he has made but is unprepared for what "The Novelist" has in store for him. He is only 4’11”, but his reputation and solve rate "belies his stature."The team brings in Dr. Crest to help them understand what they are up against. Everyone in the meeting room listens carefully as the doctor tells them: "We are dealing with a classic case that is archetypal in construction...he is obsessive [but] does not have murderous fantasies. He is a possessive [and] seeks to possess women." But this does not satisfy him. He is fixated upon demeaning women in the ways that he kills them. By using scenes from crime novels, he thinks he is performing an ingenious way to continue killing.Dr. Crest continues with his analysis. This man is "meticulous" in staging the scenes without leaving "marks" to symbolize his "work." After all, he took the time to leave a fingerprint on the wall with the words "I AM BACK." The woman in charge of all of this is concerned that the murderer wants to be a "celebrity" and that is why he left a signature. As the detectives earnestly listen to the doctor, they take copious notes but have no way of fingering the killer until he strikes again.The media stays hot on the story, especially the tabloids. One particular journalist seems to be needling Verhoeven, who ignores him. He has no time for hack writers when dealing with such a big case. He is Monsieur Buisson, and he buttonholes the commandant to try to work out a scheme wherein Verhoeven would pass little tidbits of information to give him a head start on the stories.The cat-and-mouse game gathers tension as the book progresses. The twists and turns of the plot, which is tightly written, will keep readers on the edge of their seats. That may be a cliché, but in this case it is true. Lemaitre knows how to keep his audience in suspense from first page to last, making IRENE a keeper.Reviewed by Barbara Lipkien Gershenbaum.
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