The Last of the Stanfields
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Publishing Details
The Last of the Stanfields
By (Author) Marc Levy
Translated by Daniel Wasserman
Amazon Publishing
47North
1st January 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
843.92
Physical Properties
Hardback
384
Description
A mystery, a love story, and a search through a shadowy past. Two strangers unite in this novel of family secrets by international bestselling author Marc Levy, the most read contemporary French author in the world.
When London journalist Eleanor-Rigby Donovan receives an anonymous letter alluding to a crime committed by her deceased mother, her life is turned upside down. It points her to a bar on the Baltimore Harbor, where she finds a stranger who has received the same mysterious letter about his own mother. Eleanor-Rigby and this young man, George-Harrison Collins, soon discover that their mothers were very close friends many years ago.
They embark on a quest through the shadowy past of the Stanfields, a moneyed Maryland family full of unimaginable secrets. These secrets will transport them back decades, across continents, and to a mysterious crime long burieduntil now.
Reviews
[A] breezy family drama that plays out its familiar narrative beats right on time. Kirkus Reviews The Last of the Stanfields is a compelling tale of mystery, love, and a search through a shadowy past. Brooklyn Digest Amusing at times, nostalgic and wistful at others New York Journal of Books
Author Bio
With more than forty million books sold, Marc Levy is the most-read French author alive today. Hes written nineteen novels to date, including P.S. from Paris, All Those Things We Never Said, The Children of Freedom, and Replay. Originally written for his son, his first novel, If Only It Were True, was later adapted for the big screen as Just Like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. Since then, Levy has not only won the hearts of European readers, hes won over audiences around the globe. More than one and a half million of his books have been sold in China alone, and his novels have been published in forty-nine languages. He lives in New York City. Readers can learn more about Levy and follow his work at www.marclevy.info.
