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"Wonderfully ingenious and altogether satisfying."??-Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review Just after midnight on December 23, 1980, a night flight bound for Paris plummets toward the Swiss Alps, crashing into a snowy mountainside. Within seconds flames engulf the plane, which is filled with holiday travelers. Of the 169 passengers, all but one perish. The sole survivor is a three-month-old girl??thrown from the airliner before fire consumes the cabin. But two infants were on board. Is "the Miracle Child of Mont Terri" Lyse-Rose or Emilie? The families of both girls step forward to claim the child. Dogged by bad luck, the Vitrals live a simple life, selling snacks from a van on the beaches of northern France. In contrast, the de Carvilles, who amassed a fortune in the oil business, are powerful-and dangerous. Eighteen years later, a private detective tasked with solving the mystery of the girl known as "Lylie" is on the verge of giving up. As he contemplates taking his own life, Crédule Grand-Duc suddenly discovers a secret hidden in plain view. Will he live to tell it? Meanwhile, Lylie, now a beautiful university student, entrusts a secret notebook into the hands of Marc, the brooding young man who loves her, and then vanishes. After Marc reads the notebook's contents, he embarks on a frantic search for Lylie. But he is not the only one looking for h… (mais)
El 23 de diciembre de 1980 el Airbus 5403, que cubre la ruta Estambul-París, se estrella cerca de la frontera franco-suiza. Sólo sobrevive un bebé de tres meses, una niña, cuya identidad es un misterio. ¿Es Lyse-Rose o Émilie? Dos familias, una rica y otra humilde, reclaman a la pequeña y se enfrentan en un juicio de interés nacional. Dieciocho años más tarde, destrozado por el fracaso y al límite entre la locura y la lucidez, el investigador privado que lleva años rastreando el caso descubre, justo antes de quitarse la vida, una última pista que podría cambiar todo lo que se creía hasta ese momento. Pero alguien no quiere que esa verdad salga a la luz y hará todo lo posible para evitarlo. Antes de morir, el detective deja enviado un cuaderno que contiene todos los detalles de su investigación. Sólo tiene que llegar a las manos adecuadas.
Well, it made for a different mystery, granted. Who is the baby, and how to prove it? And it was well written, moving nicely between the journal of the private detective and Marc's real time action. But, I'm sorry to say, it just didn't really hold my attention. It took far longer to read it than it should have, so I can't really call it gripping or a true 'page turner'. The ending was kind of predictable, the characters a bit flat and did anyone else find Marc and Lylie's relationship just a little bit icky? I mean they did grow up together after all!
After being so impressed by The Double Mother, I searched my library for more books by new-to-me author Michel Bussi and found this. I enjoyed this one as well.
In December 1980, a jetliner on its way from Turkey to Paris crashes into the side of a snowy mountain. Miraculously, an infant girl is the sole survivor. But there is a problem: there were two infant girls on the flight, and two sets of grandparents step forward to claim the baby. One set is wealthy and cultured; the other grandparents are poor and make their living selling snacks from a food van in resort towns. This was in the days before DNA testing could establish relationships, so a judge ultimately awards custody of the child (either Emilie or Lyse-Rose). Although both sets accept the judge's ruling, one set hires a private investigator to see if he can determine whether the baby is Emilie or Lyse-Rose. The investigation goes on 18 years, and on the girl's 18th birthday, he presents his report.
Once again, I found this mystery to be fresh and original. I liked The Double Mother better, but this one is certainly a worthwhile read. My library has only one more book by Michel Bussi for me to get to.
Okay, i liked it at the beginning... and hated all the way down from there, thinking that it's not gonna get more than 2 stars from me. Then suddenly i liked it again at the end, so here it goes with one star more :) ( )
"Wonderfully ingenious and altogether satisfying."??-Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review Just after midnight on December 23, 1980, a night flight bound for Paris plummets toward the Swiss Alps, crashing into a snowy mountainside. Within seconds flames engulf the plane, which is filled with holiday travelers. Of the 169 passengers, all but one perish. The sole survivor is a three-month-old girl??thrown from the airliner before fire consumes the cabin. But two infants were on board. Is "the Miracle Child of Mont Terri" Lyse-Rose or Emilie? The families of both girls step forward to claim the child. Dogged by bad luck, the Vitrals live a simple life, selling snacks from a van on the beaches of northern France. In contrast, the de Carvilles, who amassed a fortune in the oil business, are powerful-and dangerous. Eighteen years later, a private detective tasked with solving the mystery of the girl known as "Lylie" is on the verge of giving up. As he contemplates taking his own life, Crédule Grand-Duc suddenly discovers a secret hidden in plain view. Will he live to tell it? Meanwhile, Lylie, now a beautiful university student, entrusts a secret notebook into the hands of Marc, the brooding young man who loves her, and then vanishes. After Marc reads the notebook's contents, he embarks on a frantic search for Lylie. But he is not the only one looking for h
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