Available since October 2023, Angélina Delcroix's novel is enjoying renewed success with its paperback release at the end of 2024.
Although the 2025 literary season is underway, some successes still come from books released several months ago. This is the case at the moment Memoirs of an expert psychiatrist (Hugo), written by Angélina Delcroix in 2023, which has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent weeks. The novel, now available in paperback, is a sensation in bookstores and tackles a complex subject around the psychology of serial killers.
In her book, Angélina Delcroix follows the daily life of Adam Jacuri, an expert psychiatrist at the Lyon Court of Appeal who retires after years of work and who settles in Brittany, near the Huelgoat forest. The worrying disappearances will quickly make Adam fear the worst: what if a former patient was after him? Despite the danger and the first bodies discovered, the psychiatrist decides to investigate alone.
The book also features the character of Jessie Maure, a talented author of thrillers, created by Angélina Delcroix in her novel Synopsix (Hugo) in 2020.
An author's statement
Memoirs of an expert psychiatrist is thus the new shocking novel from an author who has been in the spotlight for several years now. After studying psychotherapy and criminology, Angélina Delcroix became a writer and released the success in 2017 Don't wake her (Éditions Nouvelles Plumes), followed by three sequels.
In 2023, the author publishes Who dies at Christmas? (Hugo Thriller), which keeps its favorite themes while mixing them with the end-of-year celebrations. With Memoirs of an expert psychiatristshe continues to explore the psyche of killers and also pays vibrant homage to cult works such as The silence of the lambs or Mindhunter. In 2024, his book won the prize for best French-speaking noir novel at the Cognac Polar Festival.
The success of the genre
The longevity of Memoirs of an expert psychiatristwhich therefore returns to the forefront, also confirms the public's appetite for everything related to psychology and criminal psychology, whether in literature or audiovisual.
The reports of true crime and documentaries are particularly legion on the platforms. Recently, the series Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez continued to explore the history of America's biggest serial killers following the success of Monsters: Dahmer in 2022.
