Another Sun, Timothy Williams
Another Sun, Timothy Williams
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Another Sun

Author: Timothy Williams

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2013

Synopsis

The sun-drenched Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is technically part of France, subject to French law and loyal to the French Republic. But in 1980, the scars of colonialism are still fresh, and ethnic tensions and political unrest seethe just below the surface of everyday life. French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud relocated to this beautiful Caribbean island confident that she could make it her new home. But her day-to-day life is rife with frustration. Now she is assigned a murder case in which she is sure the chief suspect, an elderly ex-con named H├®g├®sippe Bray, is a political scapegoat. Her superiors are dismissive of her efforts to prove Bray innocent, and to add insult to injury, Bray himself won't even speak to her because she's a woman. But she won't give up, and Anne Marie's investigations lead her into a complex tangle of injustice, domestic terrorists, broken hearts, and maybe even voodoo.

About Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams, CWA award-winner, has written five crime novels set in Italy featuring Commissario Piero Trotti. He has also written two novels set in the French Caribbean, Another Sun and The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe. In 2011 the Observer placed him among the ten best modern European crime novelists.  He has lived in the French West Indies, where he teaches, since 1980.

About Cassandra Campbell

Original bio sent from Cassandra: Cassandra Campbell began doing voice overs as the voice for Calvin Klein’s Italian commercials. This was followed by commercial and documentary recording in both English and Italian. She has recorded many audiobooks and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as an Audie® Award nomination. As an actress and director, she has worked at the Public, the Mint, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stagewest, Theatreworks, the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Millmountain Theatre, the National Shakespeare Company, and the New York Fringe Festival.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shirley

A few weeks ago I picked up a library book ‘The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe’ by Timothy Williams, attracted to it on the display as we know someone who lives in the French Caribbean on that very island. Realising it was the second book in a series I borrowed the first book, ‘Another Sun’, instead. Whe......more

Goodreads review by Bridget

Guadeloupe may look like a tiny island paradise owned by the French, but under the lazy tropical sun, Guadeloupe is like a political powder keg. How can an outsider like Marie Laveaud have any hope of representing the law of France here, when the reality is so different? The story Marie Laveaud has m......more

Goodreads review by Jennice

Didn’t enjoy this book. But I finished it because I wanted to know who killed the bad guy Raymond Calais. & I wanted to know if the old man did actually hang himself while locked up in jail. However, this book is so full of racial slurs that it left me cross eyed. I mean, it was tiresome reading all......more

Goodreads review by Paul

ANOTHER SUN is as formally clever and socially engaged a crime novel as I've read. Williams' narrative trick of leaving out internalized detail and dialogue forces the reader to key in on those other communicative traits, like physical proximity, hand gesturing and facial expression. What remains is......more

Goodreads review by Dalen

I found the story to be slow, with too many pieces of the puzzle suddenly revealed at the end, with an ending that just wasn't that surprising. This book was disappointing for me.......more

Quotes

“Another Sun evokes an atmospheric Guadeloupe layered by witchcraft, vestiges of French colonialism, and domestic terrorist movements, yet grounded by the heart. An intriguing novel with a unique main character in Judge Anne Marie Laveaud.” Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author

“Another Sun is a distinct, involving, and entertaining addition to the top rank of crime fiction.” International Noir Fiction

“Another Sun is a complex, atmospheric novel, made all the more fascinating by Williams’ painstaking attention to sensory, sociopolitical, and historical detail, and by the author’s obvious passion for the written word.” Mystery Scene

“Williams delivers a saga of dying French colonialism in 1980 Guadeloupe—a story as convoluted as the racial strains afflicting the island’s diverse, contentious population…Laveaud, despite a strong sense of justice, is buffeted endlessly by the strong winds of change that engulf one mere murder, in this drawn-out tapestry of colonial misrule.” Publishers Weekly

“Cassandra Campbell’s narration masterfully plumbs layers of local culture in Williams’s story of injustice on the French island of Guadeloupe…Campbell’s ability to voice the story’s social hierarchy and undercurrents of hostility and fear makes for an irresistible performance. She also handles the variety of island accents well. Williams’s depiction of a tangled judicial system and colonial power struggles is delivered with clarity and beguiling atmosphere.” AudioFile

“Fans of Williams’ other books and readers who enjoy their crime fiction set in exotic locations will welcome Anne Marie with open arms.” Library Journal

“In Another Sun, Timothy Williams takes us on a tour of an island we think we know something about, but goes deep into the true Guadeloupe as only someone intimately familiar with the place can truly go. Anne Marie Laveaud is a woman of sharp smarts and tenacity, and the storyline offers fresh surprises throughout.” Sarah Weinman, editor of Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives

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