Black water lilies / Michel Bussi ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside.
Language: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.Description: 350 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781474601757
- 1474601758
- Black waterlilies
- Nymphéas noirs. English.
- 843.92 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Crime | BUS | Available | 065141 |
First published in France in 2011 as Nymph©♭as noirs by Presses de la Cit©♭.
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?
Translated from the French.
