Welcome to the Malay world!

The author recently Prix Goncourt, undeniably has a very particular style, although the 1st part of the oeuvre does is not a good indicator, but I can not say more without making a "spoil", that is, say spoil the reading pleasure of those who still do not know ... There's nothing worse to me than the 4th cover already give too much guidance on the content!
I also loved the fact that how Perec, in "Life A User's Manual", the text is interspersed with quotations from authors whose names are revealed at the end of the book, Hugo has been easy for me to spot, but not the others)

After the form, bottom: the main character, the commander Verhoeven, as well as his deputies, are engaging, each clearly typed, physically or morally, which is not very new thriller on the planet, but not here completely unnatural to me.
The investigation is sometimes frightening, stressful and provides a real malaise and must have read many black in black thrillers to rub some ruthless descriptions.

I had hardly finished this oeuvre by the 1st Lemaître approach that I ran on the second survey of the trilogy, and I look forward to the release of Volume 3 in hand, beginning next February, but for hélas-- I hope the author will give us the gift to write a new enquête-- Verhoeven complete the cycle ...

Warning: it is essential to read the works in chronological order, because from the beginning of "Alex", the end of "careful work" is revealed.