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Another Sun

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The long-awaited return of Timothy Williams, CWA award-winning grand master of crime fiction, whom The Observer named one of the “10 Best Modern European Crime Writers” 
 
The sun-drenched Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is technically part of France, subject to French law and loyal to the French Republic. But in 1980, the scars of colonialism are still fresh, and ethnic tensions and political unrest seethe just below the surface of everyday life.
 
French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud relocated to this beautiful Caribbean island confident that she could make it her new home. But her day-to-day life is rife with frustration. Now she is assigned a murder case in which she is sure the chief suspect, an elderly ex-con named Hégésippe Bray, is a political scapegoat. Her superiors are dismissive of her efforts to prove Bray innocent, and to add insult to injury, Bray himself won’t even speak to her because she’s a woman. But she won’t give up, and Anne Marie’s investigations lead her into a complex tangle of injustice, domestic terrorists, broken hearts, and maybe even voodoo.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 25, 2013
      After Big Italy (1996) and four earlier mysteries featuring Italian policeman Piero Trotti, Williams delivers a saga of dying French colonialism in 1980 Guadeloupe—a story as convoluted as the racial strains afflicting the island’s diverse, contentious population. French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud must evaluate the evidence against 83-year-old Hégésippe Bray in the shooting death of Raymond Calais, a wealthy “Béké” (a descendant of the original French colonists). Laveaud, who resists temptation and pressure to close her investigation, finds herself caught up in the welter of relations among the island’s “negros, mulattos, Indians, whites,” particularly the Békés, who make up the bulk of the business people and landowners. At issue are lucrative French subsidies and the potentially violent actions of the Guadeloupe independence movement. Laveaud, despite a strong sense of justice, is buffeted endlessly by the strong winds of change that engulf one mere murder, in this drawn-out tapestry of colonial misrule.

    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2013

      The CWA award-winning author of the Italy-set Commissario Piero Trotti mysteries (Persona Non Grata) returns with a new series set on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe in 1980. Algerian-born judge Anne Marie Laveaud has recently relocated to the island with her husband and seven-year-old son. She is assigned to investigate the murder of a wealthy landowner in which the chief suspect is an elderly convicted felon. Though there is a great deal of circumstantial evidence against him, Anne Marie believes the man when he tells her he is innocent. She is aided in the case by her clerk, Trousseau, who helps her navigate the complicated social and political structure of Guadeloupe. VERDICT Williams, who lives on Guadeloupe, captures its climate and atmosphere in a very convincing way and leaves his sleuth facing challenges in her personal and professional life. Fans of Williams's other books and readers who enjoy their crime fiction set in exotic locations will welcome Anne Marie with open arms. [Prepub Alert, 11/4/12.]--Jean King, West Hempstead P.L., NY

      Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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