Lost and the Damned

Olivier Norek is a former police officer, writer on Spiral, and an award-winning, million-copy bestseller. His latest book, The Lost and the Damned, is a hard-hitting and gritty French crime read that makes an impact. It is a great thriller, sardonic, humorous, dark, and well written, with an authentic feel to it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 12 November 2020
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Slick, sick, and not for the faint-hearted, this novel will leave you gasping for more. Mark Sanderson, The Times, describes it as "exhilarating." Introducing Olivier Norek: a former police officer, writer on Spiral, and an award-winning, million-copy bestseller.

A corpse that wakes up during an autopsy. A case of spontaneous human combustion. There is little that Capitaine Victor Coste, a fifteen-year veteran of France's most notorious suburb, has not encountered in his line of work—but nothing like this.

As he struggles to connect the dots, he receives a pair of anonymous letters that shed light on the untold fates of two women whose deaths were never explained. These two blurred faces join the ranks of the lost and the damned, raising the question: why were their murders not investigated? Coste is not the only one seeking answers. Someone out there believes that justice is best served on a cold mortuary slab.

What readers are saying about The Lost and the Damned:

"You 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."

"A great thriller, sardonic, humorous, dark. I loved this book."

"Well written and had an authentic feel to it. A complete page-turner."

Translated from the French by Nick Caistor

Weight: 504g
Dimension: 164 x 240 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780857059628