Rider on the rain
(Book)

First published in France as "Le Passager de la pluie" by Éditions Denoël, 1992.

First published in Great Britain in 1999 by Harvill Press. English translation copyright © Linda Coverdale, 1999.

"A dark secret must be kept hidden, at all costs..." - front cover

"The bus never stops in Le Cap-des-Pins. Not in autumn, when the small Riviera resort is deserted. Except today, when a man with a red bag and a disconcerting stare steps out into the rain. His arrival will throw the life of young housewife Mellie Mau into disarray. After surviving a horrific attack, she has a dark secret to hide. But a stranger at a wedding, the enigmatic American Harry Dobbs, is determined to get the truth out of her, leading her into a game of cat and mouse with dangerous consequences..." -- back cover.