Nymphéas noirs. English

Black Water lilies / Michel Bussi ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.

350 pages ; 20 cm

"First published in France in 2011 as Nympheas Noirs by Presses de la Cite"--Title page verso

Jerome Morval, a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women, has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens at Giverny, where Monet did his famous paintings. In Jerome's pocket is a postcard of Monet's Water Lilies with the words: Eleven years old. Happy Birthday. Entangled in the mystery are three women: a young painting prodigy, the seductive village schoolteacher and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream. All three of them share a secret. But what do they know about the discovery of Jerome Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious Black Water Lilies, a rumoured masterpiece by Monet that has never been found ...

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September 19, 2022