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2000s: Picture the scene – an idyllic resort on the island of Réunion….
Don’t Let Go
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Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect moment with their six-year-old daughter. Turquoise skies, clear water, palm trees, a warm breeze…
Then Liane Bellion disappears. She went up to her hotel room between 3 and 4pm and never came back. When the room is opened, it is empty, but there is blood everywhere. An employee of the hotel claims to have seen Martial in the corridor during that crucial hour.
Then Martial also disappears, along with his daughter. An all-out manhunt is declared across the island. But is Martial really his wife’s killer? And if he isn’t, why does he appear to be so guilty?
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The gleaming blue sea, the clear blue sky – the sight and sounds of paradise all around. You’re relaxing on your nice sunlounger…your child is splashing about in the pool, but then your wife heads back to the room…and never comes back.You go up and realise that she’s nowhere to be seen, but there is blood all over the room….
The cleaning lady has seen her, the man in the lobby saw her but no one knows where she is.How could a woman disappear in paradise? When the helicopters go up, paradise is silence into shock – the noise of paradise is now helicopter blades and police sirens. The trees are not blowing in the tropical breeze but in the wind of the helicopter blades. Where on earth is your wife?
From paradise to an island of absolute horror, minute by minute as the investigation heats up, tension in every second mirroring what it must feel like in a real life investigation..the waiting, not knowing…
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
This was horrifyingly good – what would you go if your partner disappeared on an island where you were holidaying,far from anywhere and in the most remote yet beautiful part of the Indian ocean. The language and cultural barriers, the fact your young daughter is there with you, the trouble of all that plus being suspected yourself.
There’s something very grim yet fascinating about novels which put tragedy in an idyllic setting and this is one of them.More so as it reminded me of a horrible true life story which was in the news a few years ago.
The book grips from the off and what makes it more gripping is how its written in the news bulletin format – quick snippets of info, the developing investigation, the red herrings, the whys and where fors and the race to the crushing climax.An awfully inward looking and protective island community at odds with its tourist appearance in this novel. Read it on a beach and imagine yourself there…
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Author/Guide: Michel Bussi Destination: La Réunion Departure Time: 2000
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