Beyond Suspicion is a Hitchcockian tale of marriage, murder, and betrayal. The novel opens at a lavish wedding reception in the south of France. Two pairs of siblings have become one big happy family. Or have they? When Lise is kidnapped and Henri disappears, what began as a simple blackmail scheme turns more sinister.

Billed as being of the noir genre, I was pleasantly surprised as to how much I was drawn into the story. This isn't a hard-boiled crime novella. It is more a poetic sleeper of a story - where the surface has the tranquil beauty of a calm sea in its lyrical prose but below the surface lurks dark, menacing undercurrents of greed, passion and conceit. Told entirely from the point of view of Sam as he revisits the events of his memory, the reader is exposed to the moral dilemmas of our main character.

At a short 170 pages in length, this is a story that can easily be read quickly in one sitting, or slowly savored. Now if only I can find more crime novels written in this manner and style..... ( )

I found this novel on the "new books" shelf at the library and it sounded like the usual contemporary crime novel, although translated from its original French. I have to say that it is not your typical noir. The plot was familiar and somewhat predictable for any mystery fan, but the prose was beautiful. I've never read a crime story that was written in such an elegant way. It is a small novel which I easily read in one sitting and would recommend to anyone for a quick, enjoyable read. I think I may look for the original French version in case anything was lost in translation. ( )

Viel sa mescolare il racconto poliziesco dai toni quasi cinematografici al romanzo di impianto tradizionale, proponendo la storia di due giovani che non vogliono rinunciare ai sogni di grandezza, che intendono vivere con tanta intensità da farsi autori di un crimine. ( )

Écriture superbe, mais scénario pas si prenant. ( )

Une blonde fatale.
Deux frères, deux jumeaux, une seule et même personne, un fantôme, on ne sait plus...
Un crime qui pourrait (devrait) être parfait

Le nouveau livre de Tanguy Viel est un pur exercice de style, une ode au roman noir, un bel hommage aux maîtres (cinématographiques) du genre.

Dommage qu'il soit si court, car on aurait aimé en lire davantage. ( )