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Irène
- Camille Verhoeven, Book 1
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely Irène.
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.
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- Matthew Frayne
- 14-07-15
Gripping
Compulsive listening. The story was powerful and unique though extremely distressing but told with compassion and disturbing beauty
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- Heather
- 10-01-15
Brilliant
One of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to in the dark genre! Listen at your peril. Highly recommended if you dare.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-01-23
audible at its best.
loved it, gripping and sinister. excellent narration. this was audible at its best. characters came to life.
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- Karen
- 24-07-15
French mystery
What did you like most about Irène?
The French accent of the narrator reading the story,really added to the listening experience, and gave it a French atmosphere, and you could imagine you were there
What did you like best about this story?
The clever twists and turns, and the way the killer was goading Camille.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
When Camille and his team worked out where Irene was being held,and they arrived on the scene and found her.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, I found it hard to turn it off.
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- The Curator
- 31-10-20
A clever book
I don’t use clever in a pejorative way. This is a clever, tricksy book. To say how would give away too much but a serial killer using scenarios from crime novels is a perfect plot for fans of crime novels.
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- Pippa Mant
- 28-05-21
Not for the faint hearted
Well written and thought out but horribly brutal. Some memorable characters and plot lines. More horror than detection.
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- S. Larsen
- 09-04-18
Good story, just ok narrator
I don’t like the way the narrator reads all the woman with a high pitch. There is no caracter in the way he portrays them, only an annoying voice. As if woman talks like that.
I struggled a bit to get in to the book. It gets better, and the story is good. But if it weren’t for the fact that I have heard great things about the next book Alex, I probably wouldn’t finish this one
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- Jeannette Matelot Green
- 30-10-16
Brilliant writing but gory
An unusual crime novel with a great idea - hood there are no copycats! Difficult to follow who's who as there are a lot if characters right at the beginning. I would have given 5 stars but there was too much gore.
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- Anne
- 19-09-15
The narrator kills the book!
Any additional comments?
I've just listened to all 3 books from this author. And the narrator chosen kills book 1 and 3, where as Alex has a good narrator.
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- Bean
- 09-08-17
Horrifying and compulsive
I've never read or listened to thrillers of this nature before and was slightly horrified that despite the very detailed and gory nature of the writing I could not stop listening
I'd already listened to Alex (accidentally misreading the order these books were written in) so knew the outcome already. But still wished Irene to be saved. This book has character voices whilst Alex does not - I preferred the later performance.
Will move onto book 3 with anxious anticipation
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