Heaton Wilson Ordre des livres

'Great story, great characters.' Young Sam Taverner is desperate to fulfil the promise he made to his dying father to keep the family deckchair rental business going. Everyone told him he'd never make it, and he's beginning to think they were right. The beach is as empty as his cash box, and the future looks bleak. Then his sheltered life in Whistle Bay comes to a dramatic end when he meets Lindsay, a larger-than-life artist from London. When she rents a deckchair to do some sketches, Sam is smitten, and decides to try painting too. Her arrival and his newfound love of art spark a sequence of events that breathes new life into the town and exposes him to people and situations he has never faced before. Will Lindsay, and art, change him forever, or will his past life keep dragging him back? 'The Waves of Change: Sam's Story' is Book One of an absorbing new Whistle Bay series by Heaton Wilson (creator of the Jane Birchfield crime fiction series).

The tranquility of a picturesque village is shattered when a tractor crashes into a cottage, resulting in the tragic deaths of the couple living there. This unexpected incident sets off a chain of events that unravels the hidden secrets and tensions within the community, forcing the villagers to confront their own lives and relationships in the aftermath of the tragedy. The story explores themes of loss, grief, and the fragility of rural life.

DCI Jane Birchfield is facing a series of personal challenges: a rocky relationship with her partner Allan, a newspaper editor; her mum hardly talks to her; and her boss and mentor is critically ill, which means she is having to cover his post as well as her own.