
Japanese Book Club Language Exchange Meetup: IRENE by Pierre Lemaitre
Hosted by Japanese Book Club
Downloads an .ics file · Times are in Asia/Kuala_Lumpur · Google Calendar
Join us for an exciting meetup where we combine language exchange with exploring literature. This event is perfect for language enthusiasts and bookworms looking to enhance their language skills.
This month, we will be discussing IRENE by Pierre Lemaitre.
This is the debut appearance of Commandant Verhoeven—the detective later featured in ’Alex’—as he confronts a series of bizarre, gruesome murders that culminate in a shocking revelation. When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered, Commandant Verhoeven of the Paris Police Prefecture is assigned to the case, working alongside his team—including the wealthy, fashion-obsessed Louis. The killer’s methods are exceptionally savage; at the crime scene, a message is left, scrawled in blood: "I’m back." It soon becomes clear that these killings are linked to an unsolved case from the past—different in their execution, yet equally brutal. This is the work of a serial killer. As Verhoeven and his team comb through old case files in search of clues, the Commandant remains unaware of a terrifying truth: the killer’s reach has extended to his own pregnant wife, Irène. The narrative unfolds as a high-stakes, suspenseful confrontation with a psychopathic murderer—but as the story enters its second part, it takes a dramatic turn, revealing an entirely different face to the reader!
今月はピエール・ルメートルの「悲しみのイレーヌ」を話し合います。
『その女アレックス』のヴェルーヴェン警部のデビュー作。 奇怪な連続殺人をめぐる物語がたどりつく驚愕の真相。 若い女性の惨殺死体が発見された。パリ警視庁のヴェルーヴェン警部は、裕福な着道楽の部下ルイらとともに捜査を担当することになった。殺人の手口はきわめて凄惨で、現場には犯人のものと思われる「おれは帰ってきた」という血文字が残されていた。 やがて過去の未解決事件とのつながりが浮かび上がる。手口は異なるものの、残虐な殺人であることは一致していた。これは連続殺人なのだ。 ヴェルーヴェン警部らは過去の事件のファイルを渉猟し、犯人の痕跡を探る。 しかし警部は知らなかった――犯人の魔の手が、自身の身重の妻イレーヌへと伸びていることを。 強烈なサスペンスとともに語られてゆくサイコ・キラーとの対決。だがそれは第二部に入るや、まったく違った相貌を読者にみせつけることになる!
More like this near Kuala Lumpur
Going to Japanese Book Club Language Exchange Meetup? Ask me anything about it.
I read the organiser's pages and answer in a few seconds.
Answers are AI-generated · Privacy