Hannelore Cayre

"First published in French by Editions Mâetailiâe, Paris, 2017"--Title page verso.

The Godmother

She had been dead now for four days and I had become rich. Unimaginably rich. Blanche de Rigny has always considered herself the black sheep of the family. And a black sheep on crutches at that. But it turns out her family tree has branches she didn't even know existed. And many of them are rotten to the core. As Blanche learns more about the legacy left by her wealthy Parisian ancestors, she decides a little family tree pruning might be in order. But great wealth also brings great responsibility - a form of richesse oblige, perhaps - and Blanche has a plan to use her inheritance to cure the world of its ills. Spanning two centuries, from Paris on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War to the modern day, this unforgettable family saga lays bare the persistent and poisonous injustice of inequality. In her trademark razor-sharp style, Hannelore Cayre again delivers the sardonic humour and devilish creativity that made The Godmother an international bestseller.

The Inheritors

La Daronne

Patience Portefeux ha cinquantatré anni, due ottime figlie, un amore tiepido per un poliziotto e una madre demente ricoverata in una casa di riposo, la cui retta peggiora la sua già difficile situazione economica. Eppure prima di rimanere vedova in giovane età, la sua vita era trascorsa tra gli agi, grazie ai traffici della sua famiglia e del ricco marito, e il futuro le si prospettava brillante e scoppiettante come i fuochi d’artificio che tanto l’incantavano. Con la morte del marito, Patience è dunque costretta a trovarsi un lavoro, e sfruttando la sua perfetta conoscenza dell’arabo lo trova come interprete traduttrice al Ministero della Giustizia, sezione narcotici. Il lavoro non è solo frustrante, ma anche pagato in nero e senza sicurezze sociali, mettendo così Patience di fronte alla prospettiva di un futuro ben misero. Tuttavia un giorno, mentre ascolta e traduce delle intercettazioni che riguardano una famiglia di trafficanti di droga marocchini, le si presenta quella svolta che aveva sempre sognato

La bugiarda

An unforgettable new novel by the award-winning author of the international French bestseller The Godmother. She had been dead now for four days and I had become rich. Unimaginably rich. Blanche de Rigny has always considered herself the black sheep of the family. And a black sheep on crutches at that. But it turns out her family tree has branches she didn’t even know existed. And many of them are rotten to the core. As Blanche learns more about the legacy left by her wealthy Parisian ancestors, she decides a little family tree pruning might be in order. But great wealth also brings great responsibility – a form of richesse oblige, perhaps – and Blanche has a plan to use her inheritance to cure the world of its ills. Spanning two centuries, from Paris on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War to the modern day, this unforgettable family saga lays bare the persistent and poisonous injustice of inequality. In her trademark razor-sharp style, Hannelore Cayre again delivers the sardonic humour and devilish creativity that made The Godmother an international bestseller. Hannelore Cayre is a French writer, director and criminal lawyer. Her most recent work, The Godmother, won the European Crime Fiction Prize, the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and the Crime Writers’ Association Crime in Translation Dagger award. The Godmother was also featured on The New York Times’ ‘100 Notable Books of 2019’ list and has been made into a major film starring Isabelle Huppert. ‘A tightly plotted and darkly funny tale of trade in human bodies and souls.’ — Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Age ‘The darkly gripping story of a tainted family legacy’ — Readings ‘Richesse Oblige [The Inheritors] has everything we love about [Hannelore Cayre]; damaged but memorable characters, sharp language, ferocious humour, an undercurrent of political rage, a punchy narrative and lashings of subversion.’ —Lire literary magazine

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