Beyond Suspicion

by Tanguy Viel

Translated from the original French by Linda Coverdale

A master of style and suspense, Viel explores moral dilemmas in poetic language rarely found in a crime novel. Called “a marvel of grace and precision” by the French press, Beyond Suspicion is a story of marriage, murder, and double-crosses.
Set in the south of France where the stakes are high and no one is beyond suspicion, this Hitchcockian tale presents siblings and lovers in constantly shifting configurations. The grace and precision of Viel’s language are eloquently captured by prizewinning translator Linda Coverdale’s lyrical prose.

Born in 1973, Tanguy Viel lives in Nantes. He is the author of Black Note, Cinema, and The Absolute Perfection of Crime (The New Press).