The Heat of the Moon
若い獣医レイチェル・ゴダードが、動物病院での出来事をきっかけに封じていた幼い記憶を思い出し、母と妹、亡き父をめぐる家族の秘密へ踏み込んでいく心理サスペンス。静かな郊外の家庭に潜む支配と喪失を軸に、過去の断片が現在を侵食する過程を追う。
作品情報
雨の日に立ち戻る記憶が、家族の秘密を少しずつほどいていく。
動物病院での小さな出来事をきっかけに、レイチェルが封じていた記憶と家族の歪みへ踏み込んでいくデビュー長編。母の支配、妹との距離、亡き父の影が静かに重なり、やがて現在の生活を揺るがす真相へつながっていく。心理サスペンスとしての緊張感と、家族小説としての読み応えを併せ持つ一冊。
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緊張感のある家族劇と、少しずつ記憶がほどけていく構成を評価する声が多い。いっぽうで、心理描写の濃さや展開の運びをゆっくり感じる読者もいる。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Poisoned Pen Pr
- 発売日
- 2006-04-30
- ページ数
- 268ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 14.61 x 2.41 x 22.23 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781590582565
- ISBN-10
- 159058256X
- 価格
- 9611 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/Women Sleuths
Winner of the 2007 Agatha Award for Best First Novel If a door suddenly swings wide in your memory, what would you see? Young veterinarian Rachel Goddard's world begins to crumble when a client rushes into the animal hospital with a basset hound struck by a car during a thunderstorm. The dog owner's terrified tot, drenched with rain, loses sight of her mother in the flurry of activity and screams, "Mommy! I want Mommy!" Instantly Rachel is hurled back in time to a day in her own childhood when her baby sister Michelle uttered the same cry while thunder crashed and rain poured down on them. The unearthed memory feels like a fragment from a nightmare, and Rachel doesn't understand its meaning or the anguish it stirs up in her. When she seeks answers she learns nothing from Michelle or from Judith, their loving but manipulative mother. Judith is a psychologist who is only too happy to have her adult daughters still living in her elegant Tudor house outside Washington, DC. But their apparently serene home is a house of secrets where Judith's unspoken rules forbid questions about the family history or the daughters' long-dead father. As more baffling memories surface, Rachel begins to suspect that nothing about her family is what it seems. As her mother's attempts to control her accelerate, Rachel embarks on a quest that takes her deep into her own memory as well as halfway across the country. The heartbreaking truth she uncovers will shatter her world and force her to make an unthinkable choice.
Sandra Parshall grew up in South Carolina and has worked as a reporter on newspapers in South Carolina, West Virginia, and Baltimore. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, a long-time Washington journalist, and three cats.
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Enjoyable red. Another new author for me. Look forward to reading more of her books.
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This is very well written and grabs your attention very quickly. You'll be taken on a journey of discovery which is both suspenseful and heart wrenching and will leave you wondering what you would do in a similar situation. I'm not sure I would have had the courage to end the way main character Rachel ended her journey! I won't give anything more away here - read the book for yourself. I read it in 2 sittings - I couldn't put it down. This is a quality work and I can't wait to from this author.
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I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I thought the characters were well developed and believable. The storyline moved along at a good pace and the mystery continued until the end. I wasn't sure what the heroine would do until the last page. Good read.
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Unfortunately didn’t play them until after return date. Discs unplayable, faltering, bits missing etc. So disappointed!! Total waste of money!!
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- アガサ賞 第19回（2006年） ・Excellence Award