Pierre Boileau

Pierre Boileau (1906-1989), along with Thomas Narcejac (1908-1998), formed a famous duo in the realm of French detective novels for 35 years. They decided to rejuvenate the detective novel by charting a new path, the suspense novel (roman de suspense). Their first major success was "Les diaboliques" in 1952, which was adapted into a film titled "Les Diaboliques" (Greek edition: "She Who Was No More"/"The Fiendish Women"). This was followed by fifty novels and short story collections, screenplays for cinema and television, and theoretical books on detective fiction. Many of their novels were adapted into films, including: "Les louves" in 1955 (screened in Greece as "The She-Wolves"); "Les magiciennes" in 1957 (screened as "The Circus Crime"); "Meurtre en 45 tours" in 1959 (screened as "Murder in 45 RPM"); "Les victimes" in 1964 (Greek edition: "The Victims"), among others. Pierre Boileau passed away in 1989. Thomas Narcejac continued to write novels on his own, but still signed with both names. He passed away in 1998, shortly before the end of the 20th century.