The Burning - Couverture souple

Hall, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330526634 ISBN 13 : 9780330526630

Editeur : Pan Books, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A family tragedy. A buried secret. What lies hidden in the flames?

A dense, bitterly cold fog has settled over the Wye Valley when Bristol Coroner Jenny Cooper is called to the scene of a dreadful tragedy: in the village of Blackstone Ley, a house has burned to the ground with three members of a family inside.

Though evidence of foul play is quickly uncovered, it isn't long before the police investigation is drawn to a close. It seems certain that the fire was started by one of the victims, Ed Morgan, in a fit of jealous rage. But their infant son is still missing and Ed had left a message for his surviving wife, Kelly Hart, telling her that she would never find the child . . .

As Jenny prepares the inquest, she finds herself troubled by the official version of events. What could have provoked Ed's murderous rampage? How might the other, guarded inhabitants of the village have been involved? And what could the connection be with the mysterious abduction of a little girl ten years ago?

Battling to supress gruelling events in her own life, Jenny soon becomes entangled in another perplexing inquiry that may have surprising links to this one. Can she unearth Blackstone Ley's secrets, before it's too late?

Revue de presse :

"The coroner gallops to the rescue again . . . I enjoy this series greatly, and the fifth book is well up to the standard of its predecessors" --Literary Review

"M R Hall's previous four novels are very good. This one is even better . . . This exciting story raises eternal and unanswerable questions and teaches the eternal and unwelcome truth . . . the crusading coroner, neither ruthless nor calculating, comes out on top in the end" --Literary Review

"Hall is one of the more ambitious of crime writers, giving his books texture" --The Tuesday Book in The Independent

"A fast-paced tale with factual accuracy. This is the latest adventure for Bristol based coroner Jenny Cooper and it has a strong local setting, which Bristolians may enjoy." --The Bristol Magazine

"Gritty and compelling, The Flight, is breathless and thoroughly enjoyable."
--Daily Express

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0330526634
• ISBN 13: 9780330526630
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416