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Excellent crime fiction! 🖤 I devoured this book! The MC Commandant Camille Verhoeven investigates a gruesome murder. He soon learns this was not the murderer‘s first crime. While searching for this killer, Camille and his wife are expecting their first child. A fast paced novel that had me gasping in surprise time after time. #MountTBR The vibrant sunflower watercolor was painted by @mypoesoul https://poesoulstudio.com

Gruesome but still a very interesting read!
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I don't even have words right now other than the one that came out of my mouth when I finished this book (I won't repeat it here in mixed company). This is more gruesome than Alex (the second in this series, first one translated into English), but just as engrossing.

Not your typical main character but it's what made this book interesting. Ending was not as good as the book made me think it would be.

WHAT I'M THINKING: WHERE THE F%^* IS MY COPY OF 'IRENE'?! THAT COST ME $$$ WHEN I HAD TO ORDER IT FROM THE UK (WHEN THE DOLLAR WAS WEAK VS THE POUND); AND BECAUSE THEN THERE WAS NO US RELEASE DATE FOR POSSIBLY THE BEST MYSTERY THRILLER I'VE EVER READ!!! WE MAY HAVE A "DISCUSSION" ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU GET HOME IF YOU HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY.... (ABOVE: What I wrote instead) #adulting #FunFridayPhoto

Emma & Irene #crime #thriller #translation #petsoflitsy

Somehow I read the this trilogy backwards, newest first (Camille, Alex)and now three quarters through the first volume, which is Irene. I'll finish it tonight. Approaching this first volume with hindsight of what lies ahead is like being in a slo-mo car crash and knowing there is nothing to do except ride it out.

About a serial killer who re-creates murders from crime novels; and the Commandant who is tasked with tracking him down... Grisly. Devastating. Serious mind-fuckery. Absolutely brilliant.

Half-Way Status Update: This is hard core Noir x 4: Fans of the genre in its darkest iterations will find this clever and fast moving; but it's still psychically challenging. Again, NOT for the squeamish; Makes The Millennium Trilogy look like a Disneyfied fairy tale (Image from Fake Movie Posters)

Lemaitre certainly doesn't pull any punches, evoking Goya's *Saturn Devouring His Son* on page 26... Fair warning that this isn't a cozy series!

Three years ago, I just couldn't wait for this to come to the US, so it was one of the titles in one of my biennial UK book orders (Yeah, just getting to it now...) Supposed to be better than the Millennium Trilogy

Irene is the first of a trilogy. I've read the first two, Irene and Alex, and have Camille on hand. These psycho-murder mysteries are incredibly explicit so please be aware before purchasing. That said, the cast of recurring characters are interesting and believe it or not, somewhat entertaining.