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Dodelijk verlangen
Lethal Desire
ISBN: 9789022323908
By: Patrick De Bruyn
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WINNER OF THE HERCULE POIROT PRIZE 2010
One day, years after they last saw each other, Katelijne meets her childhood friend George. They embark on an adventure of blind passion. But Katelijne gets a brutal wakeup call when she discovers that her teenage daughter Charlotte—or Charly—has gotten herself in serious trouble.
Katelijne wants to simultaneously protect her daughter from prosecution and conceal her affair with George, and as a result she soon finds herself stuck in an endless spiral of lies.
What follows is a nerve-wracking shadow dance between a mother trying to protect her daughter from the police, and the daughter who is unwittingly thwarting her. Mother and daughter can’t tell each other that they have each discovered secrets that could potentially destroy the family’s future. A story of passion, lust, love and lethal desire.
About the author
Patrick De Bruyn wrote the crime novels File [Traffic Jam], Indringer [Intruder], Vermist [Missing], Verminkt [Maimed], Verdoemd [Damned], Verliefd [In Love] and Passie [Passion], all very successful and nominated for the most important thriller prizes of Flanders and the Netherlands.
The press on Lethal Desire:
‘A rock-solid thriller. Not exactly upbeat, though the ending leaves room for hope. No-frills writing, with well-oiled dialogs that give each character his own voice.’ – Knack
‘With great subtlety Patrick De Bruyn shows the doubt, distrust and guilt that slowly creep up on both the mother and her daughter. It is refreshing to read a Flemish thriller that doesn’t portray psychopaths and extreme violence, but rather ordinary people who sometimes make bad choices or simply have bad luck.’ – De Standaard der Letteren
‘Increasingly, De Bruyn appears to be the definitive chronicler of a divided Flanders, populated by a middle class struggling with its dreams, desires, disillusions and shortcomings. Like a boil on the verge of bursting, as it were.’ – Gazet van Antwerpen
‘De Bruyn does what he does best: providing a sometimes strangling tension by mercilessly magnifying reality and our daily fears.’ – De Morgen
‘The tension in this book is tangible.’ – Dag Allemaal
Fiction, Thriller
384 pages
Original title: Dodelijk verlangen
World rights available
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