Walking The Shadows by Donald James
His past was a lie - his present a mystery. There is a drowned village in the South of France called St Juste, a village where secrets were buried in the Second World War; a village swiftly coming back into the light of day as a summer drought empties the reservoir that hides it. Tom Chapel comes to St Juste to discover why a local man, Marcel Coultard, has left his 28 million dollar fortune to his daughter Romilly, and why shortly after his bequest, Romilly was abducted and attacked, and left in a life-threatening coma. The local police are not forthcoming: there is a code of silence about Romilly and another dead girl, a silence which suggests a deeper and abiding mystery that Tom must uncover. His search takes him back to when this part of France was ruled by the Vichy government, at odds with the Resistance fighters who tried to smuggle Jews away to safety: Tom included. Yet not all the women made it: some were betrayed: but by who? Who amongst the French people he meets could be harbouring a cold-blooded killer who forty years later is prepared to kill and kill again to preserve his secret?
Tom Chapel had a cold upbringing, with a father who thought he needed to toughen up and a mother who was also quick to punishTom's sister Margot could do no wrong, but she develops some odd tastes. Tom is a weak man and his daughter Romilly (byblow of a Cambridge affair) comes to despise him. Then from a village in France, now drowned by a reservoir, local man Tom Coultard leaves Romilly a fortune. Shortly after this strange bequest Romilly is abducted, attacked and left in a coma. Tom sets out to discover what happened and his search takes him back to the war when this district was ruled by the Vichy government. The author of Monstrum has written a first-class thriller which holds the reader riveted. It should sell a bomb next spring.
Donald James is the author of the bestselling novels Vadim, Monstrum, The Fortune Teller as well as The Fall of the Russian Empire and Penguin Dictionary of the Third Reich. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780712684248 |
| ISBN 10 | 0712684247 |
| Title | Walking The Shadows |
| Author | Donald James |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2003-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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