by Linwood Barclay · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782714452436
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«Contre toute attente» is the suspense novel by Linwood Barclay, published in 2013 by Belfond in paperback (440 pages, in French).
Glen Garber is going through a rough patch: his construction company is in crisis and his wife, Sheila, dies in a car accident. The police consider her guilty, but Glen doesn't accept it. His investigation uncovers a network of corruption behind the quiet facade of his neighbourhood, and soon he and his daughter become targets.
Original novel «The Accident» (2011), translated into French by Anne-Sylvie Homassel. It was nominated for the Barry Award for best novel and won the OLA Evergreen Award in 2012.
For readers of thrillers and crime fiction, with suspense and crime in a suburban setting.
Linwood Barclay is an American-born Canadian author, noted as a novelist, humorist, and (former) columnist. His popular detective novels are bestsellers in Canada and internationally, beginning with No Time for Goodbye in 2007.
