Code 93. District – Norek Olivier – ABC – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-389-26955-2
Code 93. District
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Code 93. District
14.99 €
The daily routine of the criminal police in France's Ninety-Third Department (Seine-Saint-Denis) is a mixture of war tragedy and wicked absurdist farce (roughly half and half), and Captain Victor Coste, head of one of the investigative teams, has learned to accept the circumstances of his work with unparalleled stoicism and a certain irony. A dead body comes to life on the pathologist's desk during an autopsy. A phone rings in the chest of a mysteriously burned corpse. An anonymous person sends Coste cryptic letters about crimes no one has ever solved. On the streets, a twelve-year-old child systematically deals with local crime bosses. The heist of the century is being plotted at City Hall. The police have their hands full, and ironic stoicism is perhaps the only thing that can save their sanity in a department where the level of inventive crime is off the charts, and no one has yet come up with a solution.
Olivier Norec served seventeen years in the Seine-Saint-Denis police department, making his detective thrillers unique. Norec knows the inner workings of the police force, draws liberally on real-life situations he encountered in his work, and is skilled at telling captivating stories worthy of Jo Nesbø and Jean-Christophe Grangé. Victor Coste and his team are the imperfect ideal we hope to see in police officers when we encounter them, but the reality in which Norec's characters operate is ubiquitous and recognizable. The Parisian suburbs are bustling. There's more to come.
This volume publishes the first two novels in Olivier Norec's series about detective Victor Coste, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in France and abroad, bringing the author fame and prestigious literary awards. The translation of "Code 93" is being published in a new edition; "Districts" is being published in Russian for the first time. To be continued, stay tuned.
Olivier Norec served seventeen years in the Seine-Saint-Denis police department, making his detective thrillers unique. Norec knows the inner workings of the police force, draws liberally on real-life situations he encountered in his work, and is skilled at telling captivating stories worthy of Jo Nesbø and Jean-Christophe Grangé. Victor Coste and his team are the imperfect ideal we hope to see in police officers when we encounter them, but the reality in which Norec's characters operate is ubiquitous and recognizable. The Parisian suburbs are bustling. There's more to come.
This volume publishes the first two novels in Olivier Norec's series about detective Victor Coste, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in France and abroad, bringing the author fame and prestigious literary awards. The translation of "Code 93" is being published in a new edition; "Districts" is being published in Russian for the first time. To be continued, stay tuned.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Stars of the world detective
- All books in the cycle Victor Kost
