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Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Fiction in translation, Organized crime, Child & developmental psychology, Family law: children
A HEART-STOPPING, VISCERAL THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF THE KILLER TWIST.
A child claims his mother is an imposter - but only one person believes him.Nothing is as fragile as the memory of a child...
Malone, a child barely four years old, starts to claim that his mother isn't his real mum. It seems impossible: his mother has birth certificates, photos of him as a child and even the paediatrician confirms this is her child.
The school psychologist is the only one who believes him. Desperate to find out the truth, he approaches Marianne Augresse, a police captain with better things to do with her time: hot on the heels of a a major criminal, she doesn't think the wild fantasies of a child are something she should worry about.
But what if she's wrong?
Praise for The Other Mother
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PRAISE FOR MICHEL BUSSI
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'One of France's most ingenious crime writers' Sunday Times
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'A dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece' Daily Mail
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'Bussi cleverly breaks all the perceived rules of plotting in a story containing riddles within riddles . . . stunning' Daily Express
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'Outrageously entertaining' The Times
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'A tantalising story that wraps the reader in myriad enigmas - utterly spellbinding' Daily Mail
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'Agatha Christie updated and then cranked up to 11: a blast' Shots Magazine
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