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Lemaitre, Pierre

Pierre Lemaitre is one of France’s foremost noir novelists. The rather limited work of the award-winning author has been translated into some 20 languages.
Little is known about his private life. He was born in Paris and grew up in Aubervilliers and Drancy, Île-de-France. Lemaitre is a trained psychologist, but mainly taught French and American literature at adult education and librarian co...

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Henri Castang

Gender: Male

An experienced police officer, working in a nameless French city (which is reminiscent of Strasbourg), but also in places such as Brussels. Henri Castang is a thoughtful, eccentric detective who primarily searches for motives when he investigates a murder case. He is married to Vera, a Slovakian gymnast who was badly injured in a training exercise, and who has an important subsidiary role in...

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