Black Water Lilies (Paperback)
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Black Water Lilies (Paperback)

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Paperback 368 Pages
Published: 02/03/2017
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Waterstones Thriller of the Month for March 2017

Want to read more? Over on our blog, publisher Kirsty Dunseath for Weidenfeld & Nicolson describes how she first fell for the writing of this blazing crime talent.

Three women lived in a village
The first was mean, the second was a liar, and the third an egotist.
Their village bore the pretty name of a garden: Giverny.

Giverny, where the lilies lie waiting and the weeping willows shiver in the breeze.

During the day, tourists flock to the former home of the famous artist Claude Monet and the gardens where he painted his Water Lilies. But when silence returns, 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 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 Jerome Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious, rumoured painting of Black Water Lilies?

A bestseller in France, Michel Bussi’s first novel to find its way into English, After the Crash, becase a runaway Waterstone’s hit. His second promises to follow in its footsteps, offering a plot worthy of Harlen Coben and the writing, orchestrated under the sure hand of translator Shaun Whiteside, is as luminous as the Giverny Bussi describes.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781474601764
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 260 g
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 24 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

MICHEL BUSSI: THE MASTER OF THE KILLER TWIST

Bussi breaks ever rule in the book. - The Sunday Times

A work of genius befitting the masterpiece by Monet at its heart. The award-winning author weaves 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... The result is simply stunning. - Daily Express

A dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece. - Daily Mail

The novel ends with one of the most reverberating shocks in modern crime fiction. - The Sunday Times

Intelligent and absorbing. - The Times

PRAISE FOR MICHEL BUSSI, THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON'A novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time' The Sunday Times on After the Crash'Inventive, original and incredibly entertaining' Sunday Mirror on Don't Let Go'Combines an extraordinarily inventive plot with characters haunted by long-ago events - anddemonstrates why he has such a hold on readers' The Times on Time Is A Killer

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“Unputdownable!”

If you thought 'After The Crash' was good then you will definitely like 'Black Water Lilies. A mystery novel set in Giverny where three women are like by death, A rich doctor is murdered and the... More

Hardback edition
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“Ingenious French mystery”

I wasn’t sure about this book to start with. The character-led story meanders much like the village brook in Giverny, where a body has been discovered, and is steeped in the history of Monet and Impressionism. Michel... More

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“A book with a wonderful twist....”

From the bestselling author of " After the Crash " , here is another thrilling murder story taking place in Monet's town called Giverny famous for its water lilies.

I love the beginning of the book... More

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