Michel Bussi

A dark, brilliantly conceived and deeply chilling novel that has sold over 700,000 copies in the author's native France. 'A novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Steig Larsson for the very first time . . . Bussi breaks every rule in the book, but I doubt I'll read a more brilliant crime novel this year' - Joan Smith, Sunday Times On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie? Eighteen years later, having failed to discover the truth, private detective Credule Grand-Duc plans to take his own life, but not before placing an account of his investigation in the girl's hands. But, as he sits at his desk about to pull the trigger, he uncovers a secret that changes everything - then is killed before he can breathe a word of it to anyone...

After the Crash

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'Ends with one of the most reverberating shocks in modern crime fiction' Sunday Times This is the story of a mystery, of thirteen days that begin with one murder and end with another. Jérôme Morval, a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women, has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens at Giverny, where Monet did his famous paintings. In Jérôme's pocket is a postcard of Monet's Water Lilies with the words: Eleven years old. Happy Birthday. Entangled in the mystery are three women: a young painting prodigy, the seductive village schoolteacher and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream. All three of them share a secret. But what do they know about the discovery of Jérôme Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious Black Water Lilies, a rumoured masterpiece by Monet that has never been found... 'This elegant crime mystery shimmers as delicately as the paintings of Claude Monet that lie at its heart . . . A bestseller in France, it is a dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece' Daily Mail 'An enchanting tale that kept me absolutely hooked as Bussi cleverly breaks all the perceived rules of plotting in a story containing riddles within riddles . . . stunning' Daily Express

Black Water Lilies

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'Michel Bussi is one of France's most ingenious crime writers... has plenty of twists and turns in store in this fast-moving novel about a long-planned act of revenge' Joan Smith, SUNDAY TIMES 'Takes the reader on a thrilling ride across the remote isle in the Indian Ocean with plenty of twists and turns to keep them gripped until an epic, unexpected conclusion' Jon Coates, DAILY EXPRESS Picture the scene - an idyllic resort on the island of R�union. Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect moment with their six-year-old daughter. Turquoise skies, clear water, palm trees, a warm breeze... Then Liane Bellion disappears. She went up to her hotel room between 3 and 4pm and never came back. When the room is opened, it is empty, but there is blood everywhere. An employee of the hotel claims to have seen Martial in the corridor during that crucial hour. Then Martial also disappears, along with his daughter. An all-out manhunt is declared across the island. But is Martial really his wife's killer? And if he isn't, why does he appear to be so guilty? 'Some writers try carefully calibrated alternations on a winning formula from book to book, but offer few surprises. That can't be said of the French author Michel Bussi... That refusal to repeat himself is evident in Don't Let Go, which is just as accomplished as its predecessors - GUARDIAN 'As it draws towards its heart-pounding final pages, it's hard to concentrate on anything other than the outcome of the desperate manhunt - and the startling revelation of the truth. Inventive, original and incredibly entertaining' SUNDAY MIRROR

Don't Let Go

Lyse-Rose ou Emilie ? Quelle est l'identité de l'unique rescapé d'un crash d'avion, un bébé de trois mois ? Deux familles, l'une riche, l'autre pas, se déchirent pour que leur soit reconnue la paternité de celle que les médias ont baptisée Libellule. Dix- huit ans plus tard, un détective privé prétend avoir découvert le fin mot de l'affaire, avant d'être assassiné, laissant derrière lui un cahier contenant tous les détails de son enquête. Du quartier parisien de la Butte-aux-Cailles jusqu'à Dieppe, du Val-de-Marne aux pentes jurassiennes du mont Terrible, le lecteur est entraîné dans une course haletante jusqu'à ce que les masques tombent. Hasards et coïncidences ne sont-ils que les ricochets du destin ? Ou bien quelqu'un, depuis le début, manipule-t-il tous les acteurs de ce drame ?

roman

Un avion sans elle

La caduta del sole di ferro. N.E.O.

Qui a tué le petit prince?

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Tout n'est qu'illusion, surtout quand un jeu de miroirs multiplie les indices et brouille les pistes. Pourtant les meurtres qui troublent la quiétude de Giverny, le village cher à Claude Monet, sont bien réels. Au coeur de l'intrigue, trois femmes : une fillette de onze ans douée pour la peinture, une institutrice redoutablement séduisante et une vieille femme aux yeux de hibou qui voit et sait tout. Et puis, bien sûr, une passion dévastatrice. Le tout sur fond de rumeur de toiles perdues ou volées, dont les fameux Nymphéas noirs. Perdues ou volées, telles les illusions quand passé et présent se confondent et que jeunesse et mort défient le temps.

Nymphéas noirs

Um assassinato nos jardins de Monet Uma obra-prima desaparecida Só três mulheres sabem o que aconteceu...Giverny é uma cidadezinha mundialmente conhecida, que atrai multidões de turistas todos os anos. Afinal, Claude Monet, um dos maiores nomes do Impressionismo, a imortalizou em seus quadros, com seus jardins, a ponte japonesa e as ninfeias no laguinho.É nesse cenário que um respeitado médico é encontrado morto, e os investigadores encarregados do crime se veem enredados numa trama em que nada é o que parece à primeira vista. Como numa tela impressionista, as pinceladas da narrativa se confundem para, enfim, darem forma a uma história envolvente de morte e mistério em que cada personagem é um enigma à parte – principalmente as protagonistas.Três mulheres intensas, ligadas pelo mistério. Uma menina prodígio de 11 anos que sonha ser uma grande pintora. A professora da única escola local, que deseja uma paixão verdadeira e vida nova, mas está presa num casamento sem amor. E, no centro de tudo, uma senhora idosa que observa o mundo do alto de sua janela.VENCEDOR DE CINCO PRÊMIOS LITERÁRIOS, NINFEIAS NEGRAS FOI O ROMANCE POLICIAL MAIS PREMIADO DA FRANÇA EM SEU LANÇAMENTO.

Ninfeias negras

Ninfee nere

Extrait de la 4ème de couverture : "Juin 2010 : Esteban, dix ans, disparaît sur la plage de Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Personne n'a rien vu. Juin 2020 : sa mère, Maddi, a refait sa vie mais la douleur et l'incompréhension sont toujours là. Elle revient en pèlerinage au Pays Basque et, sur la même plage, reconnaît Esteban. Ou son jumeau parfait, Tom, un enfant de dix ans. Maddi quitte tout pour découvrir l'identité de ce garçon et s'installe dans son village, à Murol, en Auvergne. Elle, si rationnelle, peut-elle croire à l'impossible ? Esteban serait-il devenu Tom ? L'histoire se répéterait-elle ? Tom est-il en danger ? Maddi est-elle la seule à pouvoir le protéger ?"

Rien ne t'efface

It is summer 1989 and fifteen-year-old Clotilde is on holiday with her parents in Corsica. On a twisty mountain road, their car comes off at a curve and plunges into a ravine. Only Clotilde survives. Twenty-seven years later, she returns to Corsica with her husband and their sulky teenage daughter. Clotilde wants the trip to do two things - to help exorcise her past, and to build a bridge between her and her daughter. But in the very place where she spent that summer all those years ago, she receives a letter. From her mother. As if she were still alive. As fragments of memory come back, Clotilde begins to question the past. And yet it all seems impossible - she saw the corpses of her mother, her father, her brother. She has lived with their ghosts. But then who sent this letter - and why?

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