FRANCE AUTHOR · FICTION
Pierre Lemaître
Also known as: Pierre Lemaître
Pierre LEMAITRE, diplômé d'Etudes Supérieures en Psychologie. Depuis 1970, formateur et conseiller, il est intervenu dans une cinquantaine d'entreprises, aussi bien en France qu'à l'étranger (Canada, Maghreb) Il a également enseigné dans différentes grandes écoles et établissements universitaires - ITB - INA - IAE - ISG - ENA. Actuellement il est conseiller technique du Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire, et dirige depuis plusieurs années le cabinet conseil FACEM-MANAGEMENT, où il conduit des études et anime des séminaires de perfectionnement. Il est consulté par diverses directions sur des questions telles que: recrutement du personnel, conception et évaluation de programmes et supports de formation, enrichissement des tâches, amélioration des conditions de travail, optimisation des systèmes d'information et de communication, efficacité administrative, développement de la qualité des services...
Even now, so long after she died, even now it's still difficult to go through all the little objects of her life that she left behind.
— from Alex, 1984
Most acclaimed
Rosy & John
A terrifying addition to Lemaitre's award-winning Paris trilogy - Irene, Alex and Camille Jean Garnier lives on the fringes - a lonely nobody who has lost everything dear to him. His girlfriend was killed in an unexplained accident, his mother has just been sent to prison - he has even lost his job after the sudden death of his boss. In one last, desperate cry for help, Jean sets up seven lethal bombs, hidden all over Paris and timed so that one will explode every 24 hours. After the first detonation, Jean gives himself up to the police. He has one simple demand: his mother must be released, or the daily explosions will continue. Camille Verhoeven is faced with a race against time to uncover the secrets of this troubled young man and avert a massive human disaster.
Le Grand Monde
La famille Pelletier : trois histoires d’amour, un lanceur d’alerte, une adolescente égarée, un journaliste ambitieux, une mort tragique, le chat Joseph, une épouse impossible, un sale trafic, une actrice incognito, une descente aux enfers, cet imbécile de Doueiri, un accent mystérieux, la postière de Lamberghem, le retour du passé, un parfum d’exotisme, une passion soudaine et irrésistible. Et quelques meurtres. Après sa remarquable fresque de l’entre-deux-guerres Les Enfants du désastre, Pierre Lemaitre nous propose une plongée tumultueuse dans les Trente Glorieuses.
Irene
For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he's happily married, and expecting his first child with the lovely Irene. But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder so savage that even the most hardened officers on the force are shaken to the core. In the face of the seemingly motiveless horror, only Verhoeven makes the vital connection - the crime scene resembles one described in a James Ellroy novel too closely for there to be any coincidence. As the stylised murders continue, Verhoeven traces the crimes' literary inspirations, and risks his superiors' ire by taking out adverts to inform the killer of his progress. Before long, the case develops into a personal duel, with each man hell-bent on outsmarting his opponent. There can only be one winner - whoever has the least to lose ...