Jo Mazelis Bücher

This darkly gothic collection of stories explores the unsettlingborderland between reality and the supernatural.Ranging from early twentieth-century France to 1960s South Wales and contemporary Europe, Jo Mazelis singular vision and poetic language creates characters caught upinevents and feelings they do not fullyunderstandor control, giving the book itsuncannyfocus. Not all is as it seemsina world where first impressions may only conceal disguises and false trails - and there's no going back. "

Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize Winner 2015 Lucy Swann is trying on a new life. She’s cut and dyed her hair and bought new clothes, but she’s only got as far as a small town in northern France when her flight is violently cut short. When Inspector Vivier and his handsome assistant Sabine Pelat begin their investigation the chance encounters of her last days take on a new significance. Lucy’s death, like a stone thrown into a pool, sends out far-reaching ripples, altering the lives of people who never knew her as well as those of her loved ones back home.