One Deadly Summer

French Sebastian Japrizot is considered a classic of psychological detective fiction for a reason: the plots of his novels are always crafted with special brilliance and precision; their turns are unpredictable, driven by human passions and fatal coincidences. In “A Murderous Summer,” the action takes place in the 1970s in a small French village: the local beauty, the seductive Éliane, plays a mysterious and dangerous game, the outcome of which will bring to light events from twenty years ago, and that summer will be stained with blood… Four narrators take turns, and from their points of view, piece by piece, with everything growing more complex, an intricate pattern of intrigue is built—an intrigue that won’t be resolved until the very end.

In 1983, the famous film adaptation was released, with Isabelle Adjani in the leading role.