The Lost and the Damned
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The Lost and the Damned by Olivier Norek
Introducing Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on Spiral and an award-winning, million-copy bestseller.
Norek displays the mastery and assurance of an old hand-- Bruno Corty * Figaro. *
The French crime-writing revelation of the year. -- Barnard Lehut * R.T.L. *
The suspense is sustained until the final page. A masterful crime novel. * L'Express. *
The Lost and the Damned hits the ground running and never lets up . . . This impressive debut is slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted. The first 30 pages contain what must be one of the most shocking scenes ever committed to paper. It will make you cry out (for more). -- Mark Sanderson * The Times Crime Book of the Month *
This is not conventional crime. Reading this full-throttle piece is a both a troubling and an exhilarating experience. -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times. *
The French crime-writing revelation of the year. -- Barnard Lehut * R.T.L. *
The suspense is sustained until the final page. A masterful crime novel. * L'Express. *
Spiral obsessives will recognise the same gritty northern Paris suburb, Seine-Saint-Denis, with is no-go drug estates, as well as the wearily nonchalant detectives and city bigwigs shepherding their own crooked agendas.
* Strong Words *The Lost and the Damned hits the ground running and never lets up . . . This impressive debut is slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted. The first 30 pages contain what must be one of the most shocking scenes ever committed to paper. It will make you cry out (for more). -- Mark Sanderson * The Times Crime Book of the Month *
This is not conventional crime. Reading this full-throttle piece is a both a troubling and an exhilarating experience. -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times. *
Olivier Norek served as a humanitarian aid worker in the former Yugoslavia, before embarking on a eighteen-year career in the French police, rising to the rank of capitaine in the Seine-Saint-Denis Police Judiciare. He has written six crime novels, which have sold a million copies in France and won a dozen literary prizes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857059628 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857059629 |
| Titel | The Lost and the Damned |
| Autor | Olivier Norek |
| Serie | The Banlieues Trilogy |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Quercus Publishing |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2020-11-12 |
| Seitenanzahl | 304 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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