In a coastal town nestled between steep cliffs and peaceful countryside, a young woman is found drowned. In the absence of evidence, her stalker narrowly escapes imprisonment. Years later, the body of a second victim is discovered in the same spot, below the Belvedere…
A classic thriller where everything is a foregone conclusion? That would be to misunderstand the author, who very quickly opens up the leads through a gallery of delightfully disturbing characters: a psychiatrist father adept at isolation, a far too inquisitive neighbor, a loving but possessive mother, an ex-best friend who doesn’t say everything and thinks nothing less, a frustrated policeman with an appetite for immoral thrillers, a strangely absent violent husband, and a manipulative journalist. By turns a portrait of a highly dysfunctional family, a game of Cluedo and a macabre comedy, Amour fou frees itself from codes by skilfully blending several genres, served up by corrosive writing, punchy dialogue and a pleasure in manipulating the reader with a formidable economy of means.
