Michel Bussi – författare

Midnatt 23 december 1980. Ett plan på väg mot Paris kraschlandar i de schweiziska alperna. Av de 169 passagerarna ombord överlever en enda, en tre månader gammal flicka. Utredningen efter kraschen visar att det fanns två spädbarn ombord. Är Mirakelbarnet från Mont Terri Lyse-Rose eller Emilie? En fejd utan synbart slut tar sig början mellan de två flickornas familjer.

Strax efter midnatt 23 december 1980. Ett plan på väg mot Paris kraschlandar i de snöiga schweiziska alperna. Planet slungas in i en bergssida och fattar eld. Av de 169 passagerarna ombord överlever en enda, en tre månader gammal flicka. Hon får smeknamnet Trollsländan av pressen som bevakar den mycket uppmärksammade olyckan. Utredningen efter kraschen visar att det fanns två spädbarn ombord. Är Mirakelbarnet från Mont Terri Lyse-Rose eller Emilie? De båda flickornas respektive familjer hävdar envist att den överlevande bebisen är just deras. Det är början på en fejd utan synbart slut mellan arbetarklassfamiljen Vitral, som livnär sig på att sälja snacks till turisterna på stränderna i norra Frankrike, och överklassfamiljen de Carville, som gjort sig en förmögenhet i oljebranschen. Arton år senare är privatdetektiven som fått uppdraget att lösa mysteriet med flickans identitet på väg att ge upp. Men så hittar han en ledtråd som för honom betydligt närmare sanningen. För nära. Han hittas död innan han hinner berätta om sin upptäckt.

Samtidigt överlämnar Lylie, Trollsländan, som vuxit upp till en vacker ung kvinna, en hemlig anteckningsbok i händerna på Marc, den unge man som älskar henne, och försvinner. När Marc läser anteckningsbokens innehåll, börjar han desperat leta efter Lylie. Men han är inte den enda.

Michel Bussi (f. 1965) är fransk författare, statsvetare och professor i geografi vid Universitetet i Rouen. Han är en av de tio mest lästa författarna i Frankrike, med över en halv miljon sålda böcker

Ett älskande par i turkosvattnet på Île de la Réunion. Slappande, palmer, sol. En perfekt cocktail. Men drömmen tar slut.

När Liane försvinner från hotellet blir hennes make, Martial, den självklare syndabocken. Skräckslagen, utan att veta hur han ska bevisa sin oskuld, flyr han med parets 6-åriga dotter. För polisen blir detta samma sak som ett erkännande.

En Machiavellianskt skicklig författare som väver välgjorda intriger till sista sidan. /Le Figaro

Ett älskande par i turkosvattnet på Île de la Réunion. Slappande, palmer, sol. En perfekt cocktail. Men drömmen tar slut. När Liane försvinner från hotellet blir hennes make, Martial, den självklare syndabocken. Skräckslagen, utan att veta hur han ska bevisa sin oskuld, flyr han med parets 6-åriga dotter. För polisen blir detta samma sak som ett erkännande.

"En Machiavellianskt skicklig författare som väver välgjorda intriger till sista sidan." /Le Figaro

''Riveting! Bussi spins psychological suspense at its finest with this consuming tale of one child, two families, and the dark secrets that define us all. Clear your schedule; this book is worth it!'' - Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Crash & Burn and Find HerOn the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie? Eighteen years later, having failed to discover the truth, private detective Crédule Grand-Duc plans to take his own life, but not before placing an account of his investigation in the girl''s hands. But, as he sits at his desk about to pull the trigger, he uncovers a secret that changes everything - then is killed before he can breathe a word of it to anyone . . .

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

''Ends with one of the most reverberating shocks in modern crime fiction'' The Sunday Times ''A dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece'' Daily Mail ''A work of genius... Stunning'' Daily Express

Jérôme Morval has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens at Giverny, where Monet did his famous paintings.

In Jérôme''s pocket is a postcard of Monet''s ''Water Lilies'' with the words: Eleven years old. Happy Birthday.Entangled in the mystery are three women: a young painting prodigy, the seductive village schoolteacher and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream.

All three of them share a secret. But what do they know about Jérôme''s death? And what is the connection to the mysterious ''Black Water Lilies'', a rumoured masterpiece by Monet that has never been found?

MICHEL BUSSI: THE MASTER OF THE KILLER TWIST

''''A novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time'' The Sunday Times on After the Crash''Inventive, original and incredibly entertaining'' Sunday Mirror on Don''t Let Go ''Combines an extraordinarily inventive plot with characters haunted by long-ago events - and demonstrates why he has such a hold on readers'' The Times on Time Is A Killer

''Michel Bussi is one of France''s most ingenious crime writers... has plenty of twists and turns in store in this fast-moving novel about a long-planned act of revenge'' Joan Smith, SUNDAY TIMES''Takes the reader on a thrilling ride across the remote isle in the Indian Ocean with plenty of twists and turns to keep them gripped until an epic, unexpected conclusion'' Jon Coates, DAILY EXPRESSPicture the scene - an idyllic resort on the island of Réunion. Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect moment with their six-year-old daughter. Turquoise skies, clear water, palm trees, a warm breeze...Then Liane Bellion disappears. She went up to her hotel room between 3 and 4pm and never came back. When the room is opened, it is empty, but there is blood everywhere. An employee of the hotel claims to have seen Martial in the corridor during that crucial hour.Then Martial also disappears, along with his daughter. An all-out manhunt is declared across the island. But is Martial really his wife''s killer? And if he isn''t, why does he appear to be so guilty?''Some writers try carefully calibrated alternations on a winning formula from book to book, but offer few surprises. That can''t be said of the French author Michel Bussi... That refusal to repeat himself is evident in Don''t Let Go, which is just as accomplished as its predecessors - GUARDIAN''As it draws towards its heart-pounding final pages, it''s hard to concentrate on anything other than the outcome of the desperate manhunt - and the startling revelation of the truth. Inventive, original and incredibly entertaining'' SUNDAY MIRROR

A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH''Outrageously entertaining'' The Times''A tantalising story that wraps the reader in myriad enigmas - utterly spellbinding''Daily Mail''As exhilarating as Bussi''s breakthrough novel After the Crash'' The Sunday Times ''Agatha Christie updated and then cranked up to 11: a blast'' Shots Magazine REVENGE IS WORTH WAITING FOR... Jamal loves to run. But one morning - as he is training on a path winding up a steep cliff - he stumbles across a woman in distress.It''s a matter of seconds: suddenly she is falling through the air, crashing on the beach below.Jamal is only an unlucky bystander - or is he?His version of events doesn''t seem to fit with what other eyewitnesses claim to have seen. And how to explain the red scarf carefully arranged around the dead woman''s neck?Perhaps this was no accident after all.Or perhaps there is something more sinister afoot - a devilish plan decades in the making, masterminded by someone hell-bent on revenge.MICHEL BUSSI: THE MASTER OF THE KILLER TWISTBeloved by readers... ''I didn''t anticipate all the twists and turns in this cleverly plotted novel''''The final twist is a bit of a jaw dropper''''Twists and turns aplenty!''''A twisting, turning story which clobbers you with a number of cracking twists!''''Fast-paced and chock full of twists, turns and red herrings'' ...and critics ''A novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Steig Larsson for the very first time . . . I doubt I''ll read a more brilliant crime novel this year'' Sunday Times on After the Crash''A dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece'' Daily Mail on Black Water Lilies''Inventive, original and incredibly entertaining'' Sunday Mirror on Don''t Let Go''Combines an extraordinarily inventive plot with characters haunted by long-ago events - and demonstrates why he has such a hold on readers'' Sunday Times on Time is a Killer

Summer, 1989. Corsica. Fifteen-year-old Clotilde is the sole survivor when her family''s car plunges off a narrow road into a ravine. Twenty-seven years later she returns to the island with her husband and teenage daughter in an attempt to come to terms with her past. But then she receives a letter - from her mother, as if she were alive. It seems impossible. Clotilde watched her parents and her brother die that day in the ravine. She has lived with their ghosts ever since. But then who sent this letter - and why?

Nothing is as fragile as the memory of a child...Malone, a child barely four years old, starts to claim that his mother isn''t his real mum. It seems impossible: his mother has birth certificates, photos of him as a child and even the paediatrician confirms this is her child. The school psychologist is the only one who believes him. Desperate to find out the truth, he approaches Marianne Augresse, a police captain with better things to do with her time: hot on the heels of a a major criminal, she doesn''t think the wild fantasies of a child are something she should worry about. But what if she''s wrong?

''No other thriller writer can make you break into a sweat and break your heart at the same time'' THE TIMESLeyli Maal is a beautiful Malian woman, mother of three, living in a tiny apartment on the outskirts of Marseille. Her quiet life as a well-integrated immigrant is suddenly shaken when her beautiful eldest daughter, Bamby, becomes the main suspect in two murders linked to a lethal illegal immigration racket.Is Bamby really involved? And why is everyone desperate to get their hands on Leyli''s mysterious red notebook?