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" Retournez le livre / Découvrez la vérité "
Deux histoires, deux époques, deux sens de lecture, pour une histoire à énigme palpitante.
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Angleterre, 1881. Simeon Lee, un jeune médecin londonien, se rend sur l'île de Ray, au large de l'Essex, à la demande de son oncle, Oliver Hawes. Ce dernier, gravement malade, est persuadé d'avoir été empoisonné. Peu de temps après son arrivée dans l'unique maison de l'île, Turnglass House, Simeon fait une découverte des plus étranges : dans un coin de la bibliothèque se trouve une immense cage de verre, dans laquelle est enfermée une femme. Il s'agit de Florence, la belle-soeur d'Oliver, déclarée folle après avoir tué son mari. Quel secret cache-t-elle vraiment ? La vérité se trouve peut-être dans le journal intime d'Oliver, dont chacune des faces raconte une histoire très différente...
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Californie, 1939. Oliver Tooke, célèbre écrivain et fils du gouverneur de l'État, est retrouvé mort. La police conclut à un suicide. Mais cette hypothèse ne convint pas son ami Ken Kourian, jeune acteur qui tente de percer à Hollywood. Ken décide d'enquêter et découvre de nombreux éléments troublants dans le passé de son ami : l'enlèvement de son frère lorsqu'ils étaient enfants et l'internement de sa mère, Florence, dans un asile. Mais pour découvrir la vérité, Ken devra déchiffrer les indices cachés dans le dernier ouvrage d'Oliver, un roman tête-bêche intitulé L'énigme de Turnglass et dont le héros est un jeune médecin appelé Simeon Lee.... -
''A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight'' Chris Whitaker Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction. Imagine youre holding a book in your hands. Its not just any book though. Its a tête-bêche novel, beloved of nineteenth-century bookmakers. Its a book that is two books: two intertwined stories printed back-to-back. Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends at the middle of the book. Then flip the book over, head to tail, and read the second story in the opposite direction. Both covers are front covers; and it can be read in either direction, or in both directions at once, alternating chapters, to fully immerse the reader in it.1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island Turnglass House believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Olivers brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Olivers library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Olivers tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.1930s California. Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesnt believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Olivers brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum. But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Olivers final book, a tête-bêche novel which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee . . . PRAISE FOR THE TURNGLASS ''Not just a book, but an experience one in which twists and turns are both on the page and in the very act of reading itself . . . This is a story about stories and their perspectives, the passage of time and the slow march of the inevitable. Vivid, resonant, melancholy and beautiful'' Janice Hallett ''An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations'' Guardian If immersive fiction is for you, youll adore this tête-bêche novel . . . Expect two very different stories that magically come together'' Belfast Telegraph
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PRE-ORDER THE NEW CLEVER AND INTRIGUING CRIME MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE TURNGLASS Can you solve the mystery before the greatest detective of all time? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what? Meanwhile, Holmes archenemy, Professor James Moriarty is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up. But their investigation puts them in the way of Holmes and Watson and its not long before all four realise that they are being targeted by the same person. With lives on the line, not just their own, they must form an uneasy alliance in order to unmask the true villain. With clues leading them to a hotel in Switzerland and a conspiracy far greater than any of them expected, who can be trusted and will any of them survive? Praise for The Turnglass: ''Not just a book, but an experience - one in which twists and turns are both on the page and in the very act of reading itself. Two haunting narratives conspire to create a dark, menacing tale that spans half a century of secrets as they echo back and forth'' Janice Hallett ''A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight'' Chris Whitaker ''Your initial amazement at his ingenuity comes to sit alongside an appreciation of the heart and depth he brings to his stories. A risky idea, beautifully executed'' Telegraph ''An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations'' Guardian Murder, mystery and secrets combine to create a dazzling achievement that will hook you in'' Best
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PRE-ORDER THE CLEVER AND INTRIGUING CRIME MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE TURNGLASS. A new Sherlock Holmes novel, endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate. Two adversaries. One deadly alliance. Together, can they unlock the truth? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds to help him solve a puzzle. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what? Meanwhile, Holmes' archenemy, Professor James Moriarty is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up. But their investigation puts them in the way of Holmes and Watson and it's not long before all four realise that they are being targeted by the same person. With lives on the line, not just their own, they must form an uneasy alliance in order to unmask the true villain. With clues leading them to a hotel in Switzerland and a conspiracy far greater than any of them expected, who can be trusted - and will anyone of them survive? Praise for The Turnglass: ''Not just a book, but an experience - one in which twists and turns are both on the page and in the very act of reading itself. Two haunting narratives conspire to create a dark, menacing tale that spans half a century of secrets as they echo back and forth'' Janice Hallett ''A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight'' Chris Whitaker ''An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations'' Guardian 'Murder, mystery and secrets combine to create a dazzling achievement that will hook you in'' Best ''Your initial amazement at his ingenuity comes to sit alongside an appreciation of the heart and depth he brings to his stories. A risky idea, beautifully executed'' Telegraph
