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Zusatztext ´As good as crime writing gets´ Times Literary Supplement . Informationen zum Autor Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He was awarded the Crime Writers´ Association International Dagger! alongside Fred Vargas! for Alex! and as sole winner for Camille . In 2013 his novel Au revoir là-haut ( The Great Swindle ! in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt! France´s leading literary award. Klappentext In kidnapping cases! the first few hours are crucial. After that! the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. ALEX Prévost - beautiful! resourceful! tough - may be no ordinary victim! but her time is running out. Commandant Camille Verhoeven and his detectives have nothing to go on: no suspect! no lead! rapidly diminishing hope. All they know is that a girl was snatched off the streets of Paris and bundled into a white van. The enigma that is the fate of ALEX will keep Verhoeven guessing until the bitter! bitter end.