Mais que se passe-t-il sur la riviera irlandaise?
Un tueur fou sème la terreur le long des côtes du Kerry.
Froidement et méthodiquement, il assassine des victimes innocentes
choisies au hasard selon ce qui semble être un rite très ancien.
derrière lui, il laisse inlassablement le même indice, de petites tablettes de bois
sur lesquelles sont gravées des inscriptions énigmatiques.
La police du comté, avec à sa tête l'imposant commissaire Sean McKenna,
ne parvient pas à percer le mystérieux code utilisé par l'assassin.
lorsque Deirdre McNeill, une jeune et brillante universitaire
de Dublin, est contactée pour aider la police dans son enquête,
elle ne se doute pas un seul instant qu'elle va être plongée, malgré elle
au coeur d'une enquête incroyable et haletante qui la conduira
sur les traces des druides et des Celtes de l'Irlande gaélique.
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En Irlande, Deirdre McNeill assiste la police dans la résolution
d'une enquête qui se révèle difficile : experte en culture celte, elle
s'entête à déchiffrer des tablettes en bois sculptées de signes étranges, les indices laissés délibérément sur les lieux du crime par un assassin particulièrement retors. Et des menaces de mort pèsent sur elle...
Bien vite, l'auteur éveille nos soupçons quant au coupable, laissant malgré tout le doute subsister pour mieux nous captiver jusqu'à la dernière ligne.
Un polar original, dans lequel passé et présent se rejoignent en une histoire riche d'émotions et de suspens; bref, un thriller qui vaut le détour!
Cristina Buemi, Libraire, Payot-Lausanne
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J'ai lu ton livre avec grand plaisir. Que de suspens jusqu'aux dernières pages!
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Fanny
Recommandé par la librairie Ombres blanches à Toulouse
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I was amazed that someone could write a novel relating modern Kerry life with elements of Celtic/Druidic culture. Kerry’s landscape ,people and culture must have made a deep impression on you during your stay here. It is a credit to you that , after just living here for a year, you were able to write so evocatively and accurately about Kerry society, it’s towns , villages and countryside as well as linking it to it’s ancient past.
RépondreSupprimerAssociating the 3 murders with the ancient feasts of Samhain, Imbolc and Bealtaine was very imaginative and original. (By the way I think that Anbhás is the correct term for a violent death and not Ambhas.) I smiled at references to Thornhill, Coteaux du Layon and Dr. Geary, although I agree with his advice of plenty of rest ! You describe so eloquently Ballyheigue and its cliffs, the vast expanses of Banna beach, cattle grids at the entrance to houses and Ardfert and it’s cathedral, part of which has lately been finally re-roofed. Siting the 3 murders at Ballyheigue, Brandon Mountain and Sneem was very clever and particularly mysterious were the bars of wood with the ogham inscriptions which were left with the bodies. Using the triskele of 3 spirals as a means of connecting the 3 deaths by poisoning, drowning and burning with the 3 elements of earth , fire and water and establishing a wider connection with Celtic beliefs was inspired and really develops the plot. It reminded me of St Patrick using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit to the pagan Irish. Using the Celtic system of counting to create a connection between the computer text messages and the relevance of the number three in celtic life was subtle and thought provoking. Setting up the connection between the 4 provinces and the different feasts was ingenious but the most creative part was dividing Kerry into 4 parts and seeing that the forthcoming death would occur at Les Seins de Dana in the month of Lughnasa. Tralee people will be pleased that it was associated with the fifth province of Meath, the administrative capital of Ireland ,since it always considers itself the centre of the universe!
Finally tracing Dr Cormac Mc Murrough through computer usage and intuition and hearing his crazy self deluding incoherent explanation and justification for the murders brought the book to a satisfactory conclusion.
I enjoyed the book thoroughly and wish that I had a better grasp of French to appreciate better the quality of the writing and the personality traits of the main characters. Would any publisher there consider translating it into English? I am delighted to hear that you are writing another novel with Deirdre again as the main protagonist. Whatever about translating it into English I feel that it would make a superb television drama given the beautiful locations that are to be found around Kerry and the interesting central plot and thesis of the book. Do you know of any director/screen writer who would be interested in such a project and would it be viable?
Seán and Ena
L'histoire de ce livre est une très agréable surprise avec une intrigue efficace qui tourne autour d'une thématique très peu connue : le monde celte. Merci de m'avoir fait découvrir cet univers très riche qui nous fait revenir à nos racines. Quant à Deirdre, son caractère bien trempé et sa spontanéité donne un esprit authentique et dynamique à l'histoire. La lire a été un un vrai plaisir, encore merci.
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