Isabelle Chapman Boeken

Bercé par la musique country et le gospel, un premier roman lumineux qui nous plonge dans l'atmosphère languide du Deep South des années 1950. Une oeuvre aussi drôle que bouleversante sur la perte de l'innocence, la solidarité familiale et la force de l'amitié. Dans les plaines de l'Arkansas, dans une petite maison qui fait aussi épicerie et bar vivent les Moses, une famille joyeusement bruyante où l'on surmonte grandes déceptions et petites tragédies par un coeur bon et une âme généreuse. C'est là que grandit Swan, garçon manqué de onze ans qui déteste les jupes et adore jouer à la guerre avec ses frères. Une rencontre va bouleverser la vie de Swan et celle des siens: Blade a dix ans. Il a peur. Son père est un homme sadique, un monstre de violence et de cruauté. Un jour, c'est le coup de trop, un geste atroce, d'une horreur indicible. Pour les Moses, il y a urgence, il faut protéger l'enfant. Mais, face à l'effroyable désir de vengeance d'un être animé par le mal, tout l'amour du monde pourrait bien ne pas suffire...

The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Eizabeth George's newest novel of crime, passion and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind who will have to deal with its unintended consequences - could there be a link between the young man's leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge? After various issues with her department, Barbara Havers is desperate to redeem herself. So when a past encounter gives her a connection to the unsolved Cambridge murder, Barbara begs Thomas Lynley to let her pursue the crime, knowing one mistake could mean the end of her career. Full of shocks, intensity, and suspense from the first page to the last, A Banquet of Consequences reveals both Lynley and Havers under mounting pressure to solve a case that is equally compelling and complicated.

Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives. Deborah's investigation of the prime suspect-Bernard's prodigal son Nicholas, a recovering drug addict-leads her to Nicholas's wife, a woman with whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as she is beautiful. Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest of the family, including the victim's bitter ex-wife and the man he left her for, and Bernard himself. As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to Tim, the troubled son Ian left behind.