There are bureaucratic issues, fiefdoms, jealousies, egos. He’s relentless and curious and smart, even given nothing to work with. Camille is a brooding cop, but considering the way he’s treated and what he’s been through, he gets a pass from me. (Can’t vouch for the translation, but loved the cool, unexcited writing style.)īoth Camille and Alex have issues. “Alex” alternates points of view between diminutive (4’11”) Police Commandant Camille Verhoeven and the victim of a kidnapping, Alex Prévost, who is stuffed in a too-small cage and left to die in an abandoned warehouse. I felt like I was reading a mash-up of one of Michael Connelly’s best Harry Bosch works and one of Patricia Highsmith’s psycho-dark stories like “Ripley Under Ground” or that out-of-control scene near the end of “Suspension of Mercy,” the scene with the pills.īut nothing about “Alex” felt derivative, either. I would argue it is both mystery and thriller in equal doses, with plenty of clue-finding (mystery) and more flips and twists than a whole pack of gymnasts (thriller). I’d put “Alex” right up there with the best mystery-thrillers I’ve ever read. I want to type the words “spoiler alert” so I can tell you everything.
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