{"product_id":"the-lost-and-the-damned-9780857059642","title":"The Lost and the Damned","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eSlick, sick and not for the faint-hearted. It will make you cry out (for more) - Mark  Sanderson,\u003ci\u003e The\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eExhilarating . . . This is not conventional crime Barry Forshaw, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on \u003ci\u003eSpiral \u003c\/i\u003eand an award-winning, million-copy bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA corpse that wakes up during the autopsy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A case of spontaneous human combustion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is little by the way of violent crime that Capitaine Victor Coste has not encountered in his fifteen years policing France''s most notorious suburb - but nothing like this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As he struggles to find a link between the cases, he receives a pair of anonymous letters highlighting the fates of two women whose deaths were never explained - two more blurred faces among the ranks of the lost and the damned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy were their murders not investigated? Coste is not \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorek displays the mastery and assurance of an old hand. -- Bruno Corty * Figaro. *\u003cbr\u003eThe French crime-writing revelation of the year. -- Barnard Lehut * R.T.L. *\u003cbr\u003eThe suspense is sustained until the final page. A masterful crime novel. * L'Express. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiral \u003c\/i\u003eobsessives will recognise the same gritty northern Paris suburb, Seine-Saint-Denis, with is no-go drug estates, as well as the wearily nonchalant detectives and city bigwigs shepherding their own crooked agendas.\u003c\/p\u003e * Strong Words *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lost and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e hits the ground running and never lets up . . . This impressive debut is slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted. The first 30 pages contain what must be one of the most shocking scenes ever committed to paper. It will make you cry out (for more). -- Mark Sanderson * The Times Crime Book of the Month *\u003cbr\u003eThis is not conventional crime. Reading this full-throttle piece is a both a troubling and an exhilarating experience. -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times. *","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406272962903,"sku":"9780857059642","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857059642.jpg?v=1730495187","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lost-and-the-damned-9780857059642","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}