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In the kingdom of cries
by Mathieu Lecerf, published on March 24, 2022 by Éditions Robert Laffont.
His favorite quote:
Of all human emotions, is there one more powerful than desire? Any. Nothing is stronger.
Why this book?
Because the author had already amazed me with his first opus,
The Demon's Part
, whose open ending foreshadowed some great discoveries with well-crafted characters and remarkably constructed psychology.
Because it is easy to identify with these characters, their
faces broken by life, by their daily life which intertwines with their investigations, to the point of feeling a real empathy for them, to the point of forgetting that they are cops and this is the strength of the author, to demonstrate that a profession, a function does not define human beings.
Because the common thread is built around several surveys.
Police in the first place, but also journalistic investigation, with two worlds that intertwine, to finally form a set of intrigues that often leave us speechless.
Because the suspense is at the rendezvous,
coupled with a cinematographic feather rich in twists, without ever falling into the easy.
It's dense, it's diabolically well constructed thanks to a chiselled, nervous pen, while being descriptive, without ever falling into excess with a musicality in the words, which makes a beautiful parallel to the music very present throughout. throughout the story.
Because we live for a few pages alongside
Esperanza, Manny and Cristian, an adventure worthy of the best screenplays of cult films and we enjoy imagining a film adaptation with good actors, because nothing is left to chance, the elements fall into place, to finally end in apotheosis.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Diane, an actress at the height of her fame, faces a tragic loss.
Esperanza has to deal with the kidnapping of her daughter.
Two women, two destinies, two choices.
Manny and Cristian, two brothers.
One is a cop, the other a journalist.
Only one way: the truth.
Characters.
Esperanza that life has not spoiled.
Manny cop with a big heart and Cristian investigative journalist who does not hesitate to burn his wings, two united brothers, no matter what.
Diane, actress, woman-child.
And many other characters that I cannot mention at the risk of spoiling the reading.
Places.
Mainly Paris, Spain.
But we walk briefly in several places of the globe.
The time.
Current with some reminiscences of the past.
The author.
Former journalist for Première, Studio Magazine, GQ or for film shows, Mathieu Lecerf studied cinema and directed two short films, a documentary and wrote a first noticed thriller,
La part du démon
.
This book was read with
avidity, pleasure, in apnea at times, so much the intrigues are intertwined, societal and dense, all carried by a cinematographic feather with a palpable suspense.
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