| Irene | |
| Title Orig: | Travail soigné |
| Translator: | Frank Wynne |
| Author: | Pierre Lemaitre |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhœven series |
| Genre: | Crime fiction |
| Publisher: | MacLehose Press |
| Pub Date: | March 6, 2014 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages: | 398 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-857-05288-9 |
| Followed By: | Alex |
Irène (Camille Verhœven Trilogy #1) is a crime novel written by French novelist Pierre Lemaitre. The novel, though originally published in French in 2006, came to be translated into English by Frank Wynne[1] in 2014. It is the first book in the Camille Verhœven series by order of publication but the second to be translated in English after Alex.
It was shortlisted [2] in the CWA International Dagger award 2014 and received positive reviews internationally.
Commandant Verhœven is happily married, expecting his first child with his lovely wife Irène.[3] A series of unsolved murders starts to put a strain on his relationship. With his personal life in shambles, he further has to deal with the press. Then Verhœven makes a breakthrough discovery: the murders are modelled after the exploits of serial killers from classic works of crime fiction and that the killer has killed before. With time running out, Verhœven realizes that all along he has been the unwitting dupe in The Novelist's plans to create an original work of his own.