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Chargement... A Cry from the Dark: A Novel of Suspense (2004)par Robert Barnard
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ritaer | Jul 10, 2021 |  150 pages into a 260 page book, little else has happened, apart from a suspected break in to her study but, as nothing is missing, the idea is dismissed. When her brother and daughter, who she gave up for adoption, visit, our heroine leaves a friend to house sit whilst she takes them to Edinburgh. It is then that things begin to get interesting. Were I to say any more, I would be in severe danger of spoiling the surprise and, as I - an old hand at crime fiction - was completely fooled by the ending, that would be a pity. (  ) the.ken.petersen | Jan 3, 2012 | I haven’t figured a way to discuss what I find to be a major plot flaw without giving a very strong hint as to whodunnit, so read the paragraph below only if you want that knowledge. First, the good stuff. I found this Barnard novel (and it is more of a “novel of suspense” than a strict mystery format) to be very well written, perfectly paced, with strong characters and the typical Barnard acerbic humor. It isn’t easy to blend flashback episodes, in this case primarily in the Australian outback, with the present time, but Barnard does it very smoothly, without confusing the reader. All in all, it’s a splendid read. Up to the last two pages. In the sudden denouncement, the culprit is revealed and we are asked to swallow a very big unlikelihood which, to me, undermines the novel. Let me put it this way. Do you think it is possible for a woman to form an enduring, close friendship with a man who, when they were teenagers, brutally raped her? When she knew from the outset that he did it? While nothing is said of it between them for over half a century? I just didn’t buy it, and felt a bit betrayed. (  ) wdwilson3 | Jan 26, 2009 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Master of mystery Robert Barnard, internationally acclaimed for his suspenseful, witty literary gems, cleverly mixes past and present in "A Cry from the Dark," an intriguing tour de force sweeping from 1930s Australia to contemporary London. Bettina Whitelaw has come a long way from her childhood in the little outback town of Bundaroo, Australia. Many years have passed, a lifetime really, but she's never forgotten what happened there on the evening that changed her life forever. How could she forget the school dance, her taunting classmates, dancing with the strange but brilliant English boy, Hughie Naismyth? How could she forget what happened next, when, overheated and exhilarated by the music and the moment, she wandered off alone into a secluded, wooded area? Now a renowned, elderly author living in London's elegant Holland Park, Bettina faces a flood of memories as she works on her memoirs, even though her focus is more on the frightening things that are happening today. Someone has recently entered her home and gone through her desk. The intruder is clearly not an ordinary burglar. It must be someone she knows. S Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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