Five Mile HouseBloomsbury Publishing USA, 9 déc. 2008 - 256 pages In 1889, Eleanor Bly flung herself from the tower of Five Mile House after murdering her seven children. More than a hundred years later, her ghost reaches out to Leslie Stone, a New York cop who has killed a child murderer and is haunted by her actions. New to the town of Wellington-famous for its coven of witches-Leslie becomes obsessed with Eleanor's story, suspecting that the truth may be quite different from local legend. As she digs deeper, uncovering dangerous town secrets, her life and the lives of her children are put into peril. Is Leslie destined to suffer the same madness as Eleanor Bly? "Deftly written...Ms. Novak tells a compelling story that moves along with a literary flourish and a few unexpected frights. It should be read late at night."-Cincinnati Enquirer "A terrific ghost story and a fine first novel."-Booklist "Novak has the reader on tenterhooks."-Publishers Weekly "A breathtaking novel about crime, about coming to terms with one's history, about learning to give love and to accept it. The writing is beautiful. And this is a brilliant debut."-Frederick Busch |
Table des matières
Section 20 | 135 |
Section 21 | 139 |
Section 22 | 145 |
Section 23 | 154 |
Section 24 | 159 |
Section 25 | 163 |
Section 26 | 168 |
Section 27 | 173 |
Section 9 | 56 |
Section 10 | 64 |
Section 11 | 71 |
Section 12 | 76 |
Section 13 | 86 |
Section 14 | 95 |
Section 15 | 102 |
Section 16 | 107 |
Section 17 | 113 |
Section 18 | 120 |
Section 19 | 127 |
Section 28 | 179 |
Section 29 | 185 |
Section 30 | 190 |
Section 31 | 196 |
Section 32 | 200 |
Section 33 | 206 |
Section 34 | 211 |
Section 35 | 220 |
Section 36 | 225 |
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