For the sake of ...

"Sacrifices" is announced as the last part after "Job Well kept" and "Alex" of the trilogy that Pierre Lemaitre dedicated to Commander Camille Verhoeven and it seems better to have read the previous installment to fully appreciate it. The author immediately mistreats its main character since his lover, Anne Forestier, unhappy witness to a jewelry store robbery, was beaten by one of the robbers who leave - but will he really leave? - Between life and death. After the murder of his wife in "Careful work," the reader will not really have time to rejoice for him to love this revival ... In defiance of all rules and at the risk of his job, Camille s' seizes this case which certainly affects more than he could think.

"Sacrifices" me almost as pleased that "Alex", whose heroine was perhaps most surprising, though still with Anne, Pierre Lemaitre demonstrates how the concept of victim may flicker. I found the qualities of previous games including a very fascinating story, served by a good psychological and behavioral analysis, and a pleasant style, thanks to irony. By cons in this investigation, Camille stands alone and the usual secondary characters are set aside (or Louis Le Guen particular). The narrative alternates between observation of Camille and point of view of the robber. I only regret at the end of this reading that the author had not planned to continue the adventures of Camille Verhoeven character to which I am attached to me and I seem to leave while many other developments have was possible ...