Le Joli Mois de mai
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A secluded house in the French countryside, one murdered proprietor, two caretakers, and five invitees, each hoping to inherit. A “ten-little-Indians”-style whodunit for sure, but what’s even more heart-stopping is the arresting way 30-something writer and artist’s model Émile de Turckheim uses the French language in telling this story. De Turckheim published her first adult novel at 24; Le Joli Mois de mai is her fourth of five.
