The Front Seat Passenger
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Publisher Description
In The Front Seat Passenger, the 'slyly funny' [Sunday Times] Pascal Garnier tells the story of a young widower whose late wife was keeping secrets from him.
'Devastating and brilliant' Sunday Times
Fabien and Sylvie had both known their marriage was no longer working. And yet when Sylvie is involved in a fatal car accident, her husband is stunned to discover that she had a lover who died alongside her. With thoughts of revenge on his mind, Fabien decides to find out about the lover's widow, Martine, first by stalking her, then by breaking into her home. He really needs to get Martine on her own. But she never goes anywhere without her formidable best friend, Madeleine...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fabien Delorme, the protagonist of this exquisite noir from Garnier (Moon in a Dead Eye), returns home to Paris after a painful visit with his elderly father in Normandy to find the house empty. Fabien doesn't mind the unexpected absence of his wife, Sylvie, from whom he's grown apart. Then a phone message changes everything. He's shocked to learn that Sylvie had a lover, Martial Arnoult, and that the pair was killed in an auto accident in Dijon over the weekend. When Fabien goes to the Dijon hospital to identify the body, he sees a woman leaving the hospital morgue whom he later identifies as Arnoult's widow, Martine. Adrift without Sylvie, Fabien begins to stalk Martine, and gradually insinuates himself into her life and that of her older constant companion, Madeleine, with surprising, disastrous results. Witty prose (e.g., "Shit... I'm a widower now, a different person. What do I wear?") will help win Garnier (1949 2010) new fans in the U.S.
