Les victimes

Synopsis of Les victimes

«Les victimes» is the crime novel by Boileau-Narcejac, published by Éditions J'ai Lu in paperback, in French.

Pierre is fascinated by Manou, a young brunette about whom he knows almost nothing: neither where she lives nor her phone number. He only knows she is married to a renowned engineer and must follow him to Afghanistan. Unable to live without her, Pierre follows her, but the woman the engineer introduces him to is not Manou. What terrible comedy is Pierre the victim of, and who is Manou?

The work was originally published in Paris, by Editions Denoël, in 1964; this edition is from 1983.

For readers of psychological suspense and French crime fiction, with an intrigue around a hidden identity.