01314oam 2200265z- 450 991014858500332120230913112557.01-68144-992-7(CKB)3710000000921888(BIP)045930784(EXLCZ)99371000000092188820190630c2014uuuu -u- -engIreneMacLehose Press1 online resource (416 p.) 1-62365-800-4 For Commandant VerhÅ?ven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely IrÃne.But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. Worse still, the press seem to have it in for him - his every move is headline news. When he discovers that the killer has killed before - that each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the fourth estate are quick to coin a nickname... The Novelist...With both men in the public eye, the case develops into a personal duel, each hell-bent on outsmarting the other. There can only be one winner - whoever has the least to lose...(P) 2014 WF Howes LtdFictionLemaitre Pierre1951-134103Wynne FranktrlBOOK9910148585003321Irene3598320UNINA