Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence
In The Midnight Hour
私立探偵ローラ・プリンシパルが、幼い子どもの失踪事件の過去へ踏み込んでいく心理サスペンス。東アングリアの海辺の寒々しい空気が、家族の秘密と罪悪感を濃く浮かび上がらせる。
作品情報
海辺で消えた子どもの記憶が、長い時間を経て人々の秘密を揺り動かす。
ミシェル・スプリングのローラ・プリンシパルもの。英国版 Orion の紙書籍 ISBN を採用し、米国版の ISBN も参照先で確認できる。日本語版の単独刊行は確認できない。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Orion
- 発売日
- 2001-04-19
- ページ数
- 320ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.5 x 2.5 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780752824819
- ISBN-10
- 0752824813
- 価格
- 2987 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery
Twenty years ago a child vanished without trace from a wild stretch of shoreline in East Anglia. His body was never found and his parents have searched for him ever since. Now on a quiet street in Cambridge the mother discovers a young man whom she hopes against hope is her missing son. But the joy of reunion is laced with dread. Is this beautiful youth an interloper or is he really the lost child? And if he is the boy who disappeared from the beach, where has he been all these years? What, most of all is his connection with the violence that begins with his arrival and ends, almost inevitably, with murder? The parents of the disappeared child ask Laura Principal to investigate and try to find answers to these questions. She finds her own world turned upside down in this chilling story of identity, devotion - and death.
Michelle Spring was raised on Vancouver Island. She worked for many years as an academic in Cambridge where she lives with her husband and their two children. She has written several academic books. This is her fifth novel.
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Splendid mystery, characters, and writing.
Just finished this book and have to say how "wowed" I was. So wowede that I just started Every Breath I Take and am equally enthralled. In the Midnight Hour really kept me going and intrigued about the main plot, which involves a long-missing child and a family that can't let go of their loss (for differing reasons) for more than 12 years when a young man suddenly appears. The female detective investigating is thoughtful. perceptive, charming, and serious, but with a good sense of humor in a situation that is far from humorous. I really recommend this to those looking for a story line that embraces all of the turmoil in people's lives when everything turns upside down and secrets abound that make the mystery so difficult to unravel.
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Sorry to say this book didn't work for me. ...
Sorry to say this book didn't work for me. I struggled to get to page 30 and had to discard it. Characters I couldn't care less about and absolutely no tension. Pity, as I was fascinated with the subject.