New novel by bestselling author The Truth About Harry Quebert and The Book of the Baltimore
On July 30, 1994, in the resort town of Orphea, imposingly located on the Atlantic coast in the state of New York, an event took place that shocked the bohemian inhabitants of this quiet and peaceful place. The mayor of the city, his wife and ten-year-old son were killed in his own house. Near the house, the corpse of a girl is found, who, apparently, became an accidental witness to the crime. The killer was found.
June 23, 2014. Young NYPD Captain Jesse Rosenberg resigns. At the evening dedicated to this event, journalist Stephanie Mailer appears, who informs Jesse that during the investigation into the murder of the mayor, which was led by Rosenberg and his partner Derek Scott, the real criminal was never captured and after meeting with a mysterious informant, she will obtain evidence of this. Oh, this will be a sensational article! Only in the evening of this day, Stephanie Mailer disappears without a trace.
© Éditions de Fallois, 2018
© I. Staf, translation into Russian, 2019
© A. Bondarenko, decoration, layout, 2019
© Publishing house CORPUS ®
© & ℗ LLC «AST Publishing House», «Audiobook», 2019
Audio Recording Producer: Tatiana Plyuta
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