The Coral Bride

The Coral Bride Description

In this beautiful, lyrical sequel to the critically acclaimed We Were the Salt of the Sea, Detective Moralès finds that a seemingly straightforward search for a missing fisherwoman off Quebec&s Gaspé Peninsula is anything but & &Wonderfully atmospheric & I genuinely couldn&t put this book down& Gill Paul 'You might want to grab this release if you've read everything by Louise Penny and need more Quebecois noir to feed your crime-loving tendencies& Crime Fiction Lover _________________ When an abandoned lobster trawler is found adrift off the coast of Quebec&s Gaspé Peninsula, DS Joaquin Moralès begins a straightforward search for the boat&s missing captain, Angel Roberts & a rare female in a male-dominated world. But Moralès finds himself blocked at every turn & by his police colleagues, by fisheries bureaucrats, and by his grown-up son, who has turned up at his door with a host of his own personal problems. When Angel&s body is finally discovered, it&s clear something very sinister is afoot, and Moralès and son are pulled into murky, dangerous waters, where old resentments run deep. Exquisitely written, with Bouchard&s trademark lyrical prose, The Coral Bride evokes the power of the sea on the communities who depend on it, the never-ending struggle between the generations, and an extraordinary mystery at the heart of both. _________________ Praise for Roxanne Bouchard: &Colourful, authentic characters with the kind of flavour that can only be inspired by real locals. So good it&ll make you want to pack your bags and drive straight to the seaside& Journal de Montréal &Lyrical and elegiac, full of quirks and twists& William Ryan &Asks questions right from page one& Quentin Bates &An isolated Canadian fishing community, a missing mother, and some lovely prose. Very impressed by this debut so far& Eva Dolan 'A tour de force of both writing and translation& Su Bristow 'The translation from French has retained a dreamily poetic cast to the language, but it's det-fic for all that, as DS Joaquin Morales, transplanted from balmy Mexican shores to a remote Quebecois fishing community, investigates a woman's death at sea. This is the first book by Bouchard, renowned Canadian playwright and author, to be translated into English' Sunday Times 'Characters are well-drawn, from Moralès, the cop, and his sturdy inspector, Marlène, to the husky fishermen who were Marie's devoted suitors three decades ago. There's a comic element: the chef at the bistro, a mine of misleading information; the alcoholic priest who was never ordained - and the appalling undertaker who was once a used-car salesman and never forgot the spiel & An exotic curiosity, raw nugget& Shots Mag