Flashes

by Tim O'Rourke, Michel Leydier (Translator)

Overview

Charley prétend voir des crimes avant qu'ils ne se produisent... Mais qui va la croire ?
Charley a des visions. Elle voit et entend des choses qu'elle ne peut expliquer. Une jeune fille en détresse, le bruit d'un train... un meurtre. Ces flashes sont si forts qu'elle est convaincue d'être le témoin de crimes bien réels. Hélas, personne ne la croit... jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre Tom, un jeune policier. Ensemble, ils vont enquêter sur la mort de Kerry, dont on a retrouvé le corps sur la voie ferrée.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782823874525
Publisher:	Univers Poche
Publication date:	08/14/2019
Sold by:	EDITIS - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	217
File size:	2 MB
Language:	French

About the Author

Tim O'Rourke was a serving police officer for fifteen years, but now writes full time. Flashes is his debut young adult novel. Tim lives in England with his wife and three sons. You can visit him at www.kierahudson.com.

Read an Excerpt

From Flashes:Flashes! That's what I call them. I'm Charley Shepard, the girl who can see things, the seventeen-year-old with an overactive imagination, the freak who can see lights like a thousand photographers crammed inside her head snapping away all at once! With one hand clasped to the side of my head, I staggered into the bathroom. If anyone had been looking, I wouldn't have blamed them for thinking I was trying to hold my head together-like it might just explode at any moment. It was agony, like my brain was being rubbed against a cheese grater. I leaned over the sink. Bile burned the back of my throat. Then, as if slapped, my head rocked backward and my neck made a cracking sound. "Let go of me!" I heard the voice say. "Please, I just want to go home!"

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Flashes:"A simple but suspenseful and entertaining mystery." —Kirkus Reviews"A very detailed writer . . . descriptions of scenes encourage readers to invest all of their attention to anything that might be a clue. Mystery fans will likely be drawn in . . . as will readers who prefer their protagonists on the grittier side." —Kirkus Reviews"Until the very end, readers will be trying to solve the murders along with the characters . . . This is a great read for either gender but especially for readers that like crime investigation shows, mysteries, or stories with a hint of the supernatural." —VOYA

From the Publisher

10/01/2015
Gr 9 Up—Charley is a seemingly ordinary 17-year-old girl. She has "flashes": painful and vivid images of people dying. Since the tragic death of her best friend—the only person who ever believed her about her visions—the flashes have gotten worse. And now they could be leading her down the path of a killer. Whom should she trust? Tom, the detective assigned to the case who says he believes her flashes are real? Her father, who loves her but thinks she needs to see another doctor about her "condition"? Or the flashes of dead girls leading her forward? Well written and fast paced, this title will immerse readers in a crime that may not be a crime at all. Charley is likable and believable. Secondary characters, though important, are less developed. Although set in England and originally published in the UK, the novel has great international appeal, as readers will recognize their teen selves in the emotions and actions of Charley. The friendship between Charley and Tom is genuine, if slightly inappropriate, due to his position as a police officer. VERDICT An interesting and well-written addition to young adult collections.—Elizabeth Speer, Weatherford College, Weatherford, TX

School Library Journal

2015-07-15
An English girl sees "flashes" of murders from victims' eyes but can't get anyone to believe her in this detective mystery. Charley, 17, lives in Cornwall with her father, her mother having committed suicide years before. She's learned to keep her visions to herself. Just two days after burying her best friend, killed in an accident, she has a new vision, of a girl named Kerry being dragged to her death on railroad tracks. Newly minted police constable Tom, 19, doesn't believe that Kerry's death is as straightforward as his belligerent fellow detectives do, so when Tom and Charley meet, and Charley tells Tom her secret, he tries to use her visions to find the killer. Charley's father disapproves of their relationship, while Tom runs afoul of his new superintendent when he admits his activities. Meanwhile, more clues point to an actual serial killer on the loose. O'Rourke, himself a former policeman, writes with confidence, but both characters and story are fairly uncomplicated. Although much of the dialogue strains credulity, the author includes enough clues and red herrings to keep readers guessing. A simple but suspenseful and entertaining mystery for readers who can't get enough. (Paranormal mystery. 12-18)

Kirkus Reviews