The Stone Boy
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- 29,00 kr
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- 29,00 kr
Publisher Description
When the elderly Madame Préau returns to her own house after several years spent in a convalescent home, she immediately notices that the neighbourhood has changed. A new family has moved in next door and, from her window, she watches their three children playing in the garden after school.
Two of the children seem perfectly healthy, but Madame Préau is struck by the third child, who seems listless and stands apart from the others. When she reports this to social services, they refuse to believe her. Cut off some years ago from her own grandson, she begins a mission to help this boy, even when those around her start to fear for her sanity.
The Stone Boy is an award-winning and darkly atmospheric psychological thriller from a critically acclaimed French author. Packed with shocking twists and turns that will appeal to fans of Barbara Vine and Erin Kelly, Madame Préau's story will hold you entranced until the very last page.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
French author Loubi re makes her U.S. debut with a creepy psychological thriller. After 10 years convalescing, Madame Pr au, a retired headmistress, returns to her home near Paris, distraught to find that her doctor son, Martin, has neglected the house. What's more, the woodland view outside her window has been replaced by the home of a young family. She focuses her binoculars on the yard across the street, where an energetic boy and girl swing and quarrel, while alone in a corner playing with stones is a scrawny boy who looks uncannily like Bastien, the grandson Martin keeps from her. Convinced that the boy is being abused, she vows to save him. With every page, Pr au seems more unhinged: she's hearing mice, making outrageous accusations against Martin, and doing very nasty things to cats. Is the boy real? Is Martin a loyal son or a conspirator? The truth is as chilling as the rest of this unsettling tale.
