Another Sun (An Anne Marie Laveaud Novel)
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1616953632 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A murder mystery in Guadeloupe TChris Gendarmes pull the dead body of Monsieur Raymond Calais from a pond on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. The immediate murder suspect is an old man named Hégésippe Bray who threatened to kill Calais after Calais stole land that Bray had purchased from Calais' father. Anne Marie Laveaud, the investigating judge, has her doubts. Despite (or because of) his political aspirations, Calais had few friends. None of the people Laveaud interviews are unhappy about Calais' death, except for his widow, who believes he was killed by terrorists who support the nation's independence from France. One mystery leads to an. "Old politics, gender bias, and racial prejudices are set against a backdrop of French colonialism in this gripping mystery" according to Clay Stafford. I love taking trips to places I've never been and I think this is the first novel I've read set in Guadeloupe. It is an underdog tale with a twist."Another Son" by Timothy Williams is a gripping story of a judge who takes it upon herself to prove a man innocent whom everyone else thinks is guilty. The twist is that the accused has no interest in helping his counsel because she is a woman and he is a man. This is a story of an area flavored by old politics, gender bias, and racial prejudices against a backdrop of French colonialism. The story is set in Guadeloupe in 1980 and Timothy Williams says that he has been working . Island Life Kathryn I enjoyed the setting of this book and will read the next one when available. I thought it seemed very realistic in its description of the island. Good plot but I found the French names and positions confusing. It could benefit from a glossary or a list of characters.
But in 1980, the scars of colonialism are still fresh, and ethnic tensions and political unrest seethe just below the surface of everyday life. Her superiors are dismissive of her efforts to prove Bray innocent, and to add insult to injury, Bray himself won’t even speak to her because she’s a woman. French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud relocated to this beautiful Caribbean island confident that she could make it her new home. But her day-to-day life is rife with frustration. But she won’t give up, and Anne Marie’s investigations lead her into a complex tangle of injustice, domestic terrorists, broken hearts, and ma
Praise for Another Sun"In Another Sun, Timothy Williams takes us on a tour of an island we think we know something about, but goes deep into the true Guadeloupe as only someone intimately familiar with the place can truly go. The complex interactions between the characters are handled delicately and their feelings and intentions are conveyed in language both subtle and plain. Not everyone welcomes the ruling power and intrigue abonds." —Crimespree Magazine"A tale of envy and greed and sex envenomed by the inevitable racism of colonial politics."—The Advocate“Williams captured the essence and spirit of Guadelo
The Observer placed him among the ten best modern European crime novelists.From the Hardcover edition.. CWA award-winning author Timothy Williams has written six crime novels set in Italy featuring Commissario Piero Trotti as well as two novels set in the French Caribbean, Another Sun and The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe. Andrews, Williams has taught at the universities of Poitiers in France, Bari an