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The Whaleboat House - Mark Mills

The Whaleboat House

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Buch | Softcover
368 Seiten
2005
HarperPerennial (Verlag)
978-0-00-719622-7 (ISBN)
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Snow Falling on Cedars meets The Shipping News in this enthralling literary crime novel set in post World War II Long Island.


In the small town of Amagansett, perched on Long Island's windswept coast, generations have followed the same calling as their forefathers, fishing the dangerous Atlantic waters. Little has changed in the three centuries since white settlers drove the Montaukett Indians from the land. But for Conrad Labarde, a second-generation Basque immigrant recently returned from the Second World War, and his fellow fisherman Rollo Kemp, this stability is shattered when a beautiful New York socialite turns up dead in their nets.


On the face of it, her death was accidental, but deputy police chief Tom Hollis – an incomer from New York – is convinced the truth lies in the intricate histories and family secrets of Amagansett's inhabitants. Meanwhile the enigmatic Labarde is pursuing his own investigation.


In unravelling the mystery, this haunting and evocative novel captures a community whose way of life is disappearing, its demise hastened by war in Europe and the incursions of wealthy city dwellers in search of a playground.

Mark Mills is a screenwriter. His film credits include The Reckoning, an adaptation of Barry's Unsworth's Morality Play, due for release in spring 2004. The Whaleboat House is his first novel.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.1.2005
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 111 x 178 mm
Gewicht 191 g
Themenwelt Literatur Krimi / Thriller / Horror
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-00-719622-9 / 0007196229
ISBN-13 978-0-00-719622-7 / 9780007196227
Zustand Neuware
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