The Unforgiven

by Patricia MacDonald

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She swore she was innocent. Maggie Fraser has tried to forget. The body of the man she loved. The blood seeping into the snow. The scandalous murder trial. The twelve agonizing years in prison for a crime she did not commit. But now Maggie is free -- and ready to start a new life. Alone. Unknown. On a quiet island off the coast of New England, she accepts a job with the local newspaper. And slowly, she tries to put the past behind her, opening her heart to the paper's ruggedly handsome show more editor, Jess Herlie. Then the nightmare begins...again. Now she must pay. Someone is watching Maggie's every move -- and waiting for revenge. Someone who refuses to forgive and forget. Someone who would do anything, even destroy innocent lives, to teach the guilty that there is no sanctuary, no escape, for... The Unforgiven show less

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I realized very early on this was a poorly disguised bodice ripper. I couldn't get past it being a polite mystery wannabe, even as I tried to picture it as a new release some thirty years earlier. I do think I would have been more disappointed then.
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This book captured my attention from the start and never let go! A women gets out of prison after spending 12yrs behind bars for a crime she didn't commit. She starts over in a small island town with a new job and outlook, but things start to slowly go wrong and she begins to wonder what is going on! Some goos twists and turns in this book that makes it enjoyable to read all the way to end!!
Une jeune femme sort de prison. Elle y a passé 12 ans pour le meurtre de son amant dont elle était innocente. Aujourd'hui, traumatisée mais désireuse de refaire sa vie, elle s'installe sans une petite île où une place de secrétaire dans le journal local l'attend. Mais très vite, sa vie va de nouveau se transformer en cauchemard : les démons du passé reviennent la hanter.

Un polar de Patricia McDonald écrit dans les règles de l'art : du supense, des secrets, de l'amour, des personnages torturés ! Personnellement, je suis très cliente. Sans révolutionner le genre, Expiation a le mérite de vous faire passer une agréable soirée de détente. Idéal, l'hiver, quand il fait froid et que l'on a envie de rester bien au chaud ...

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Canonical title*
Expiation
Original title
The Unforgiven
Original publication date
1981
Epigraph*
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Dedication*
À Beans et Carlito
First words*
Prologue

La froide clarté de la lune projetait l’ombre des barreaux sur le visage de la jeune femme étendue, raide, sur le sommier métallique. [...]
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Les mouettes battaient des ailes à une cadence régulière qui les maintenait à un ou deux mètres de la proue. [...]
Original language*
Anglais (Etats-Unis) (Etats-Unis)
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Fiction and Literature, Horror
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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PS3563 .A28Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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