'As good as crime writing gets' Times Literary Supplement .
Literary Supplement
'I doubt you will read a better book this year' Val McDermid.
Val McDermid
'What a cracking novel! I haven't read such a stunning thriller debut for years. Brilliantly written and totally gripping' Minette Walters.
Minette Walters
'Intelligent, complex, with a gripping plot and deeply intriguing characters. The author's early death is a great loss' Philip Pullman.
Philip Pullman
'Powerful' Alain Beuve-Mery, Le Mond.
Le Mond
'A literary explosion' Marine Landrot, Telerama.
Telerama
'Brutal crime writing with a tinge of Gauloise ... brilliant' Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
'It enthrals at every stage of its unpredictability. Grippingly original' The Times.
The Times
'Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth' Alison Flood, Observer.
Observer
'Hailed as the most important crime novel in translation since Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Alex similarly features as an intriguingly flawed feminist heroine bent on vengeance, and will likely prove a sensation of the crime fiction year' Irish Times.
Irish Times
'Relentlessly gripping, Lemaitre is worthy of all the fuss'
Independent
'Brutal crime writing with a tinge of Gauloise ... brilliant'
Daily Mail
'An absolute gem'
Eurocrime
An invigoratingly scary, one-sitting read.
Laura Wilson
Guardian.
Moves from read-as-fast-as-you-can horror to an intricately plotted race to a dark truth . . . Alex is about thrills.
Alison Flood
Observer.
Grippingly original . . . It enthralls at every stage of its unpredictability.
Marcel Berlins
The Times.
MacLehose has done it again . . . in Pierre Lemaitre he has unearthed another master of crime fiction destined to become a household name.
Adam Sage
The Times.
Alex had me gripped more than almost any book I can remember, with one shout-out-aloud knockout twist after another
Peter James