The Stone Boy
$19.05
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
25 February 2014
Summary
When the elderly Madame Pr é au returns to her own house after several years spent in a convalescent home, she immediately notices that the neighbourhood has changed. A new family has moved in next door and, from her window, she watches their three children playing in the garden after school.
Two of the children seem perfectly healthy, but Madame Pr é au is struck by the third child, who seems listless and stands apart from the others. When she reports this to social services, they re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847445834 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847445837 |
| Author: | Sophie Loubiere |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Trapdoor |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 25 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 127mm x 25mm |
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An absorbing psychological thriller.
An absorbing psychological thriller. - Marcel Berlins - The Times
Translated in a deliciously forthright style by Nora Mahony, The Stone Boy mischievously toys with the reader’s expectations, blending elements from the traditional mystery tale with those of the paranormal…The irascible and irrepressible Madame Pr?au makes for a delightfully ambiguous protagonist, and Loubiere deftly plots a compelling tale that is as poignantly heartbreaking as it is thrilling. - Irish TimesA thoroughly menacing psychological thriller. - Morning StarThe Stone Boy takes the reader into truly Stygian psychological territory … French Noir is in the ascendant - Barry Forshaw, Financial TimesAbout The Author
Sophie Loubiere
Sophie Loubiere is the author of five novels, including THE STONE BOY, for which she won the French Prix Lion Noir for crime writing in 2011.
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