Monday, September 23, 2013

Alex by Pierre Lemaitre

3/5

An unknown woman is kidnapped and the French police must race to save her with very little clues. Before they can save her, Alex manages to save herself. It becomes clear to the police that Alex is no ordinary victim. The police are led by Camille, an officer with a personal stake in the case. His own wife was killed years before while she was eight months pregnant by a kidnapping turned into murder. The story is gripping and filled with enough twists and turns to keep the reader on the edge. My only complaint with the book is that it gets extremely graphic at times. I had trouble reading certain points because of the violence.

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