{"product_id":"9780857059642","title":"The Lost and the Damned : A gritty, gripping crime novel set in France's most dangerous suburb","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Norek, Olivier, Caistor, Nick \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFrance\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 November 2021 by Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Banlieues Trilogy' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 196 x 29 | 214g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted. It will make you cry out (for more)' - Mark  Sanderson, The Times'Exhilarating . . . This is not conventional crime' Barry Forshaw, Independent Introducing Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on Spiral and an award-winning, million-copy bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA corpse that wakes up during the autopsy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A case of spontaneous human combustion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy were their murders not investigated? Coste is not the only one asking that question. Someone out there believes justice is best served on a cold mortuary slab. What readers are saying about The Lost and the DamnedYou can see the similarities with the TV series Spiral, which can only be a major positive!A hard hitting and gritty French crime read that makes an impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great thriller, sardonic, humorous, dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI loved this book. Well written and had an authentic feel to it. A complete page turner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Nick Caistor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491161424258,"sku":"9780857059642","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780857059642.jpg?v=1753740901","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780857059642","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}