TY - BOOK AU - Bussi, Michel. AU - Whiteside, Shaun. TI - Black water lilies: a novel SN - 9781474605267(pbk. ) U1 - IP 843.92 BUS PY - 2016/// CY - London : PB - Weidenfeld & Nicolson, KW - Secrecy -- Fiction KW - Giverny (France) KW - Murder--Investigation N2 - CRIME & MYSTERY. Giverny. During the day, the home of the famous artist Claude Monet and the gardens where he painted his waterlilies. But once the tourists have gone, there is a darker side to the peaceful French village. This is the story of thirteen days that begin with one murder and end with another. Jerome Morval, a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women, has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens. In his pocket is a postcard of Monet's Waterlilies with the words: Eleven years old. Happy Birthday. Entangled in the mystery are three women: a young painting prodigy, the seductive village schoolteacher and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream. All three of them share a secret. But what do they know about the discovery of Jerome Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious, rumoured painting of Black Waterlilies? ER -