ISBN |
9781474601757 |
Name |
Bussi, Michel, 1965- author. |
Uniform title |
Nymphâeas noirs |
Title |
Black water lilies Michel Bussi ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside. |
Also titled |
Black waterlilies. |
Published |
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016 |
Description |
350 pages ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
First published in France in 2011 as Nymphéas noirs by Presses de la Cité. |
Summary |
CRIME & MYSTERY. Giverny. During the day, the home of the famous artist Claude Monet and the gardens where he painted his waterlilies. But once the tourists have gone, there is a darker side to the peaceful French village. This is the story of thirteen days that begin with one murder and end with another. Jerome 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. In his pocket is a postcard of Monet's Waterlilies 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 Jerome Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious, rumoured painting of Black Waterlilies? |
Language note |
Translated from the French. |
Subjects |
Paintings -- Fiction |
Detective and mystery stories |
Secrets -- Fiction |
Suspense fiction |
French fiction -- Translations into English |
Murder -- Fiction |
Secrecy -- Fiction |
Giverny (France) -- Fiction |
Genre |
Suspense fiction |
Thrillers (Fiction) |
Detective and mystery fiction |
Detective and mystery fiction |
Thrillers (Fiction) |
Added Names |
Whiteside, Shaun translator. |
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