Early this morning, several hours before my arrest, I was woken by an earth tremor. I mention the incident not to suggest that there was a connection – that somehow the fault lines in my life came crashing together in a form of a couple of policemen – for in Tokyo we have a quake like this every month. I am simply relating the sequence of events as it happened. It has been an unusual day and I would hate to forget anything . . .
So begins The Earthquake Bird, a haunting novel set in Japan which reveals a murder on its first page and takes its readers into the mind of the chief suspect, Lucy Fly – a young, vulnerable English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator. As Lucy is interrogated by the police she reveals her past to the reader, and it is a past which is dangerously ambiguous and compromising . . .
Why did Lucy leave England for the foreign anonymity of Japan ten years before, and what exactly had prompted her to sever all links with her family back home? She was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, so why was she not more forthcoming about the circumstances of their last meeting? As Lucy’s story unfolds, it emerges that secrets, both past and present, obsess her waking life . . .
Winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger
Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
© 2017 Macmillan Digital Audio (Lydbok): 9781509856503
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 13. juli 2017
Early this morning, several hours before my arrest, I was woken by an earth tremor. I mention the incident not to suggest that there was a connection – that somehow the fault lines in my life came crashing together in a form of a couple of policemen – for in Tokyo we have a quake like this every month. I am simply relating the sequence of events as it happened. It has been an unusual day and I would hate to forget anything . . .
So begins The Earthquake Bird, a haunting novel set in Japan which reveals a murder on its first page and takes its readers into the mind of the chief suspect, Lucy Fly – a young, vulnerable English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator. As Lucy is interrogated by the police she reveals her past to the reader, and it is a past which is dangerously ambiguous and compromising . . .
Why did Lucy leave England for the foreign anonymity of Japan ten years before, and what exactly had prompted her to sever all links with her family back home? She was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, so why was she not more forthcoming about the circumstances of their last meeting? As Lucy’s story unfolds, it emerges that secrets, both past and present, obsess her waking life . . .
Winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger
Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
© 2017 Macmillan Digital Audio (Lydbok): 9781509856503
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 13. juli 2017
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Marie
13. mars 2023
This was an oddly, little novel about an oddly, peculiar woman with a dark past.This might be one of those books you either hate or like. For the record, I have to mention that I actually didn’t liked it at first. But I changed my mind. I found this book quite difficult to review. At first, I gave it 3.5 stars, simply because I thought the plot was weird. But after some thought, I realized that The Earthquake Bird made a bigger impression on me than I first thought. It turned out that I actually loved it. The book is written in a smart way, you have to think between the lines to understand the whole story, the characters are complex, and no one is who they really pretend to be. Highly recommended if you like psychological suspense. Now, I think The Earthquake Bird deserves 5 stars. Why? Because Lucy Fly is still murmuring in my forehead like a burning mystery I can’t forget. She turned out to be an unforgettable "creature" I cared about and sympathized with.
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