{"product_id":"9780857059642-lost-and-the-damned","title":"The Lost and the Damned","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gritty, gripping crime novel set in France's most dangerous suburb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on \u003ci\u003eSpiral \u003c\/i\u003eand an award-winning, million-copy bestseller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted. It will make you cry out (for more)\" - Mark  Sanderson,\u003ci\u003e The\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eExhilarating . This is not conventional crime\" Barry Forshaw, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on \u003ci\u003eSpiral \u003c\/i\u003eand an award-winning, million-copy bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA corpse that wakes up during the autopsy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A case of spontaneous human combustion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003ci\u003eThe Lost and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can see the similarities with the TV series Spiral, which can only be a major positive!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hard hitting and gritty French crime read that makes an impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA great thriller, sardonic, humorous, dark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI loved this book. Well written and had an authentic feel to it. A complete page turner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the French by Nick Caistor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39627881545825,"sku":"9780857059642","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_8052008_jpg.jpg?v=1706879349","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857059642-lost-and-the-damned","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}