Inside the
airplane before a crash, a journal with a suicide note and a newspaper that
holds the key to an 18 yearlong mystery starts the incredibly fast paced
thriller After The Crash by Michel Bussi who has been a French
writer for almost a decade and won countless awards for his novels and
publications.
After The
Crash is the story of two families, a young man and a private detective trying
to find the true identity of a sole survivor of a plane crash, a young baby
girl who on turning eighteen makes a drastic decision and runs away.
The story is
intelligently layered and moves back and forth from the time of a plane crash
in 1980 to its current day in 1998 with an update on the time and the date in
the beginning of each chapter, giving an urgency to finding the truth before
it’s too late.
Lyse-Rose or
Emilie is the sole survivor of a plane crash in 1980 and two families claim
that the girl belongs to them. A private detective is hired to find out the
truth of her identity before her eighteenth birthday and he leaves behind a
journal that could reveal it all. But before he can discover the truth, he is
murdered and the girl disappears. And thus begins a hunt for the truth by her
sibling Marc who she leaves the journal with.
As more
murders take place, scandals get revealed and more secrets get hidden.
Michel Bussi
has all the ingredients of an exciting thriller in his novel. From interesting
characters that show different shades, murders that go back and forth in time,
lust between the most unusual pairings, intrigue on if it’s actually the truth
and a fast pace that keeps the readers hooked till the last page, After The
Crash is an un-put-down-able book.
It is
obvious that it is an intelligent thriller that doesn’t require too much grey
matter to bog you down. There are references to Haiku, dragonflies, music and
art, facts from History and a true to the era account of the time. The
dialogues between the characters are thought out and move with the swiftness
required from a thriller.
It reminds
me of the old Grisham when the suspense remained till the very end. You can’t
guess what will happen at any stage and when the last page is turned, you can’t
wait for the movie to be released!
Would
definitely recommend getting your hands on this book if you like thrillers!
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