Bruno Dinant
On ne cloue pas les jeunes filles aux arbres!
Never nail young girls to trees!
- A beautifully crafted thriller, written in an effective style. Like the characters, this story is engaging, sweet and, above all, gripping!
- Trees are the key players in this inventive thriller and nature is clearly at the centre of this novel.
- A dark novel combining intrigue, wisdom and colour, leading the reader from one twist to the next, to a finale that is both strong and sweet!
Who could have killed Saulène, with a crossbow bolt to the back, as she embraced the great oak?
Sylvain was the last person to spend any time with her, cuddling and marvelling as he lay between the roots of a pair of hundred-year-old trees.
This crime will disrupt the peace and quiet of a small village in the Ardennes and reveal the sinister secrets of its inhabitants.
Press & medias :
“Nature is clearly at the centre of this novel, and once you've closed the book, go and listen to the trees...collect their memories, you'll get more than you think...but watch your back! The past can catch up with you!”
“But... (almost) all the space is given over to action and emotion, suspense and characters. So much so that images emerge, the reader walks through the forest, looks up, guesses, perceives... Shadows and flashes of light, smells, the sound of leaves, the touch of bark."
“Behind the bouncy narrative lies a focus on the torments of adolescence. Bruno Dinant, a mature man, manages to bring a youthful quality to his narrative. Many boys will find themselves in Sylvain's procrastination when faced with the mystery of women and life choices, and many girls will find themselves in those of the female characters of different generations."
The author
Bruno Dinant is no stranger to thriller fans. After a detective trilogy and his noir novel ‘Un croque-mort à côté de ses pompes’, published by Deville, he is back in top form with this fifth book, which has nothing to be ashamed of in terms of its narrative.