Книга написана под псевдонимом Penn Williamson.
A stunning thriller with a rich cast of characters and one of the most complex, intriguing protagonists since James Lee Burke introduced Dave Robicheaux to readers, Mortal Sins stakes out a piece of the same territory. New Orleans is the setting, and the atmosphere in the city that care forgot is sexy, rich, and sultry, not unlike movie goddess Remy Lelourie. Lelourie once loved and left a young man who grew up to be homicide cop Daman Rourke, a brooding hero who`s never forgotten Remy or forgiven her for betraying him. He hasn`t seen her since she married Charles St. Claire, the present owner of the Lelourie ancestral mansion, which is haunted by a century-old crime as shocking as the brutal stabbing of St. Claire with which Remy is now charged. And only Daman knows she`s capable of murder; after all, he`s seen her do it before, and kept silent when she arranged that death to look like a suicide. Tortured by the memory of their affair, her betrayal, and his abiding passion for her, he nonetheless sets out to prove Remy`s innocence, and is drawn into a web of family secrets, tangled ancestry, and southern (in)justice.
Williamson seasons a thick Louisiana gumbo with all of the above-mentioned ingredients for success, as well as bootleggers, the blues, absinthe, and cocaine. Set in the Roaring `20s, this standout debut has a decidedly contemporary attitude as well as enough sex, sin, and mystery to keep the reader enthralled long after the last page is regretfully turned.
Пенелопа Уильямсон в своем потрясающем триллере изображает атмосферу 20-х годов Нового Орлеана, в котором, тем не менее, описывает вполне современную проблематику: разнузданный секс, грехи и тайны высших слоев общества. Детективу Деймону Рурку необходимо раскрыть убийство, которое на первый взгляд выглядит, как самоубийство. Но у него есть неопровержимые факты того, что таинственный убийца уже не первый раз выходит сухим из воды. Главной героине Реми Лелуар предстоит вытащить на белый свет немало фамильных скелетов, чтобы доказать свою невиновность и непричастность к трагическим событиям, происходящим вокруг нее. Читателей ожидает очень напряженное повествование до самой последней страницы книги.