Pierre Lemaitre Libros

Alex Prévost—kidnapped, savagely beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a tiny wooden cage—is running out of time. Her abductor appears to want only to watch her die. Will hunger, thirst, or the rats get her first? Apart from a shaky eyewitness report of the abduction, Police Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads, and no family or friends anxious to find a missing loved one. The diminutive and brilliant detective knows from bitter experience the urgency of finding the missing woman as quickly as possible—but first he must understand more about her. As he uncovers the details of the young woman’s singular history, Camille is forced to acknowledge that the person he seeks is no ordinary victim. She is beautiful, yes, but also extremely tough and resourceful. Before long, saving Alex’s life will be the least of Commandant Verhoeven’s considerable challenges.

"Primavera de 1940. Louise Belmont, de treinta años, corre desnuda y recubierta de sangre por el bulevar de Montparnasse. Para entender la macabra situación que acaba de vivir, esta joven maestra deberá sumergirse en la locura de un momento histórico sin parangón: mientras las tropas alemanas avanzan de forma implacable hacia París y el ejército francés está en plena desbandada, cientos de miles de personas aterrorizadas huyen en busca de un lugar más seguro. Atrapada en este éxodo sin precedentes, y a merced de las bombas germanas y de los azares del destino, la vida de Louise acabará cruzándose en un campamento del Loira con las de dos soldados desertores de la línea Maginot, un apasionado subteniente fiel a sus principios morales y un histriónico sacerdote capaz de plantar cara al enemigo."--Amazon

Sophie Duguet no entiende qué le sucede: pierde objetos, olvida situaciones, es detenida en un supermercado por pequeños robos que no recuerda haber cometido. Y los cadáveres comienzan a acumularse a su alrededor. No podemos desvelar nada más de este thriller para así mantener intacto el escalofriante placer de la lectura y la adictiva búsqueda de la verdad por parte del lector.

"Anne Forestier queda atrapada en medio de un atraco a una joyería en los Campos Elíseos. Tras recibir una paliza que la deja al borde de la muerte, tiene la suerte de sobrevivir... y la condena de haber visto la cara del asaltante. Su vida corre un grave peligro, pero Anne cuenta con la ayuda del hombre al que ama: el comandante Camille Verhoeven. Este estará dispuesto a actuar al margen de la ley con tal de protegerla. Pero ¿quién es ese enemigo, y por qué ese empeño tan feroz en acabar con Anne?"-- Provided by publisher

El antaño flamante director de recursos humanos Alain Delambre ha perdido toda esperanza de encontrar trabajo y se siente cada vez más marginado. Cuando una empresa de reclutamiento decide al fin considerar su candidatura, está dispuesto a todo con tal de conseguir el empleo y recuperar su dignidad, desde mentir a su esposa hasta pedirle dinero prestado a su hija para poder participar en la prueba final del proceso de selección: un simulacro de toma de rehenes. Alain no escatima medios para preparar a fondo su candidatura. Si descubre que los dados están trucados, la ira acumulada en años de desagravios no tendrá límites... Y el juego de rol podrá convertirse en un macabro juego de muerte.

SHE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME Alex Prévost - kidnapped, beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a wooden cage - is in no position to bargain. Her abductor's only desire is to watch her die. HE WANTS ONLY ONE THING Apart from a shaky police report, Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads. If he is to find Alex, he will have to get inside her head. ESCAPE IS JUST THE BEGINNING Resourceful, tough, beautiful, always two steps ahead - Alex will keep Verhoeven guessing till the bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries.

The year is 1918, the war on the Western Front all but over. An ambitious officer, Lieutenant Henry D'Aulnay-Pradelle, sends two soldiers over the top and then surreptitiously shoots them in the back to incite his men to attack the German lines. When another of D'Aulnay-Pradelle's soldiers, Albert Maillard, reaches the bodies and discovers how they died, the lieutenant shoves him into a shell hole to silence him. Albert is rescued by fellow soldier, the artist Edouard Péricourt, who takes a bullet in the face. The war ends and both men recover, but Edouard is permanently disfigured, and fakes his death to prevent his family from seeing him as a cripple. In gratitude for Edouard's rescue, Albert becomes the injured man's companion and caregiver. Finding that the postwar gratitude for the soldiers' service is nothing more than lip-service to an empty idea, the two men scramble to survive, ultimately devising a scam to take money for never-to-be-built war memorials from small towns. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Pradelle has married Edouard's sister Madeline and is running a scam of his own that involves the exhumation of war victims. In this sorrowful, heart-searching novel, the interwoven lives of these three men create a tapestry of the human condition as seen through the lens of war, revealing brutality and compassion, heroism and cowardice, in equal measure

The second volume of Pierre Lemaitre's enthralling, award-winning between-the- wars trilogy

The final novel in Pierre Lemaitre's between-the-wars trilogy - a riotous depiction of the Phoney War from the perspective of an unlikely group of people caught up in its chaos.