Arthur Phillips Livres

Un récit diabolique, en forme de puzzle, d'une intelligence effrayante, par un maître de la manipulation.Londres, 1880. La maison Barton est au bord de la criseDepuis que le père,Joseph, obscur biologiste, a décidé que sa fille de 4 ans, Angelica, devait désormais quitter la chambre de ses parents pour aller dormir seule dans la sienne,de mystérieux événements se produisent. Constance, la mèred'Angelica, qu'un retour à l'intimité conjugale ne réjouit guère,sent une menace planer sur sa fille. Au grand dam de Joseph,qui ne veut rien entendre.Quand Constance fait appel à AnneMôntague, une ancienne actrice reconvertie dans le spiritisme,pour veiller sur Angelica, le quatuor est en place pour un drame dont il serait criminel de dévoiler l'argument.Les quatre protagonistes relatent chacun leur tour les événements qui suivent, quatre versions qui parfois s'accordent, parfois secontredisent, chacune jetant une lumière nouvelle,mais aussi une part d'ombre, sur les personnages, leurs peurs, leurs désirs et leurs secrets.Avec Angelica, Arthur Phillips, nouvel enfant chéri des lettres américaines, nous offre une brillante relecture du roman victorien. Le lecteur, mi-enquêteur, mi-psychanalyste, participe activement à ce récit labyrinthique, derrière les lignes duquel il doit essayer de percevoir la vérité avant le coup de théâtre final, tous les indices disséminés dans le livre apparaissant alors en pleine lumière. Un coup de maître.

In a gripping new novel, Queen Elizabeth's spymasters recruit an unlikely agent for a critical mission during a time of uncertainty in 1601. With the queen dying and no heir in sight, the kingdom is on edge, and any thought of her death is considered treasonous. As potential successors vie for position, King James VI of Scotland emerges as the leading candidate. However, the spymasters, seasoned veterans of England's long struggle against terror and religious extremism, suspect that James may not be the Protestant he claims to be. If he secretly adheres to Catholicism, it could undo decades of conflict and lead to chaos. Faced with this dilemma, Geoffrey Belloc, a seasoned operative from England's religious wars, devises a plan to uncover James's true beliefs. He recruits Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician abandoned during the last Ottoman diplomatic mission, as his undercover agent. Ezzedine, an outsider desperate to return to his family, becomes the perfect candidate for this high-stakes mission. As the story unfolds, readers are drawn into a world of intrigue and deception, questioning the very nature of truth. Arthur Phillips crafts a unique and thrilling narrative that captivates and challenges at every turn.

Just as Howard Carter unveils the tomb of Tutankhamun, Oxford-educated Egyptologist Ralph Trilipush is digging himself into trouble. Meanwhile, a relentless Australian detective sets off on the case of his career, spanning the globe in search of a murderer. And another murderer. And possibly another murderer. The confluence of these seemingly separate stories results in an explosive ending, at once inevitable and utterly unpredictable

A group of American expats en route to adventure, inspiration, or perhaps even history in the making in Prague, somehow get sidetracked and settle instead for the enigmatic and enlightening city of Budapest. With humour, Phillips captures the character of his contemporaries and renders the Hungary of the past.

Each song on Julian’s iPod, “that greatest of all human inventions,” is a touchstone. There are songs for the girls from when he was single, there’s the one for the day he met his wife-to-be, there’s one for the day his son was born. But when Julian’s family falls apart, even music loses its hold on him. Until one snowy night in Brooklyn, when his life’s soundtrack—and life itself—start to play again. Julian stumbles into a bar and sees Cait O’Dwyer, a flame-haired Irish rock singer, performing with her band, and a strange and unlikely love affair is ignited. Over the next few months, Julian and Cait’s passion plays out, though they never meet. What follows is a heartbreaking dark comedy, the tenderest of love stories, and a perfectly observed tale of the way we live now.