" Retournez le livre / Découvrez la vérité "
Deux histoires, deux époques, deux sens de lecture, pour une histoire à énigme palpitante.
Côté pile :
Angleterre, 1881. Simeon Lee, un jeune médecin londonien, se rend sur l'île de Ray, au large de l'Essex, à la demande de son oncle, Oliver Hawes. Ce dernier, gravement malade, est persuadé d'avoir été empoisonné. Peu de temps après son arrivée dans l'unique maison de l'île, Turnglass House, Simeon fait une découverte des plus étranges : dans un coin de la bibliothèque se trouve une immense cage de verre, dans laquelle est enfermée une femme. Il s'agit de Florence, la belle-soeur d'Oliver, déclarée folle après avoir tué son mari. Quel secret cache-t-elle vraiment ? La vérité se trouve peut-être dans le journal intime d'Oliver, dont chacune des faces raconte une histoire très différente...
Côté face :
Californie, 1939. Oliver Tooke, célèbre écrivain et fils du gouverneur de l'État, est retrouvé mort. La police conclut à un suicide. Mais cette hypothèse ne convint pas son ami Ken Kourian, jeune acteur qui tente de percer à Hollywood. Ken décide d'enquêter et découvre de nombreux éléments troublants dans le passé de son ami : l'enlèvement de son frère lorsqu'ils étaient enfants et l'internement de sa mère, Florence, dans un asile. Mais pour découvrir la vérité, Ken devra déchiffrer les indices cachés dans le dernier ouvrage d'Oliver, un roman tête-bêche intitulé L'énigme de Turnglass et dont le héros est un jeune médecin appelé Simeon Lee....
Imagine you're holding a book in your hands. It's not just any book though. It's a tête-bêche novel, beloved of nineteenth-century bookmakers. It's a book that is two books. Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends at the middle of the book. Th
PRE-ORDER THE NEW CLEVER AND INTRIGUING CRIME MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE TURNGLASS Can you solve the mystery before the greatest detective of all time? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what? Meanwhile, Holmes archenemy, Professor James Moriarty is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up. But their investigation puts them in the way of Holmes and Watson and its not long before all four realise that they are being targeted by the same person. With lives on the line, not just their own, they must form an uneasy alliance in order to unmask the true villain. With clues leading them to a hotel in Switzerland and a conspiracy far greater than any of them expected, who can be trusted and will any of them survive? Praise for The Turnglass: ''Not just a book, but an experience - one in which twists and turns are both on the page and in the very act of reading itself. Two haunting narratives conspire to create a dark, menacing tale that spans half a century of secrets as they echo back and forth'' Janice Hallett ''A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight'' Chris Whitaker ''Your initial amazement at his ingenuity comes to sit alongside an appreciation of the heart and depth he brings to his stories. A risky idea, beautifully executed'' Telegraph ''An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations'' Guardian Murder, mystery and secrets combine to create a dazzling achievement that will hook you in'' Best
The intriguing new mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of "The Turnglass" hides a story within a story within a story within a story - a must-read for fans of twisty, high concept crime.
