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Un Frère de Trop

Un Frère de Trop

SbastienThevenyAuteu

Reads 47
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Parts 3

Ongoing28m

Last published Sat, Oct 7, 2017

Fiction

Mystery

Tagssecretsdefamille suspense thriller

Eté 1986. Au large de la baie des Anges. Le fils aîné des Lacassagne, une riche famille d'investisseurs niçois, se noie lors d'une virée en mer en compagnie de son frère et sa sœur. Eté 2016. Coup de chaud sur Nice. Le patriarche des Lacassagne, à l'aube de ses quatre-vingts ans décide de transmettre les rênes de son empire à ses enfants. Dans le même temps, il engage un journaliste-écrivain public pour rédiger ses mémoires. Laisser une trace sur papier de ses réussites. Mais les journalistes ont le fâcheux défaut d'être souvent trop curieux. Le loup est entré dans la bergerie... 30 ans après le drame, les vérités éclatent... Les accidents sont-ils toujours fortuits ?

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