A haunting tale of murder, love and innocence lost set in post-war Tuscany from the award winning author of 'The Whaleboat House'.

The Savage Garden

From the No. 1 bestseller and author of Richard & Judy pick The Savage Garden: an award-winning crime novel set in post-war New York for fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Jed Rubenfeld

 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.

The Whaleboat House

Ce matin là, quand Conrad Labarde, pêcheur à Long Island, relève ses filets, il y découvre un cadavre. Il s'agit de Lillian Wallace, la fille d'un puissant homme d'affaires. Elle se serait noyée. 

Tom Hollis, l'adjoint du shérif, ne croit pas à la thèse de l'accident. Et Conrad, lui, est persuadé que Lillian a été assassinée. Uni à la jeune femme par des liens que nul ne soupçonne, il décide de mener sa propre enquête. 

À Amagansett, petit village où cohabitent marins et riches vacanciers new-yorkais, les langues ne se délient pas facilement. Mais Tom et Conrad sont déterminés à arracher la vérité au mutisme de l'océan, et au silence d'une famille qui ne tient pas du tout à dévoiler ses secrets.

Amagansett

La fiancée de Dan disparaît du jour au lendemain, ne lui laissant qu’une lettre et le chien qu’elle venait à peine de recueillir : Doggo. Plus proche du cabot hargneux que de l’adorable toutou, celui-ci va pourtant chambouler la vie du trentenaire. Nouveau job, nouvel amour, et si la tornade Doggo se révélait le plus inattendu des porte-bonheur ?

En attendant Doggo

Dur pour Daniel de se faire larguer par sa petite amie après 4 ans de vie commune, lui qui avait déjà programmé le mariage. Mais quand son ex-fiancée lui laisse pour tout souvenir son drôle de chien Doggo, c'en est trop. Direction le refuge, et bon débarras!Mais la vie n'est-elle pas pleine de surprises?Et c'est finalement avec Doggo toujours dans les pattes que Daniel commence son nouveau travail dans une boîte de pub. Alors que son maître débarque dans un abominable panier de crabe, Doggo va jouer un rôle très inattendu...Et si ce petit chien espiègle avait en réalité des qualités insoupçonnées?

THREE NO.1 BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY BOOKCLUB PICKS IN ONE.

 THE AMERICAN BOY BY ANDREW TAYLOR:England, 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school near London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. When a brutal crime is committed he finds himself at the heart of a labyrinthine mystery - a tangle of sex, money, murder and lies from which he cannot escape. And what of the strange American boy at the centre of these macabre events - what is the secret of the boy named Edgar Allan Poe?

 THE SAVAGE GARDEN BY MARK MILLS:Italy, 1958. Arriving at the Docci family home, young scholar Adam Strickland finds the family, their house and its unique garden as seductive as each other. But post-War Italy is still a strange, even dangerous place, and the Doccis have some dark skeletons hidden away which Adam finds himself compelled to investigate. Before long, he will uncover two stories of love, revenge and murder, separated by 400 years. but is another tragedy about to be added to the villa's cursed past?

 THE RIGHTEOUS MEN BY SAM BOURNE:A series of killings in every corner of the globe cannot possibly be connected. That's the instinct of Will Monroe, rookie reporter for The New York Times - until his beautiful wife Beth is kidnapped. Desperate, Will follows a trail that leads to a mysterious cult right on his own doorstep. With more murders by the hour, he must now unravel the prophecies buried deep in the Bible until he finds a secret worth killing for, a secret on which the fate of humanity may depend.

Richard and Judy Bookclub - 3 Bestsellers in 1 - The American Boy, The Savage Garden, The Righteous Men

From Mark Mills, author of the award-winning THE SAVAGE GARDEN comes THE LONG SHADOW, a first-class thriller in the vein of Robert Harris and William Boyd. 
Blood brothers or sworn enemies? You never forget what the fight was about... THE LONG SHADOW is a stunning depiction of resentment and revenge.
Ben Makepeace has barely thought of Jacob since school. What he remembers is a competitive, manipulative boy, impinging on his life. 
Now Ben is the wrong side of forty with a young son to support and in need of a backer. A call to meet hedge-fund billionaire Victor Sheldon is promising, but there's a surprise in store - Victor is Jacob, now firmly entrenched in a gilded world of riches and glamour. History can cast a long shadow and while Ben believes his childhood is well over, he soon discovers the roots of the past dig deep.

The Savage Garden

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