Quarry

"In brief chapters full of sharp, luminous, and original observations…Houdart both fulfills and transcends the conventions of the crime novel. Memorable for the way it casts Marco's fate as just one node in a network of friendships, relationships, coincidences, and echoes, this slim novel is a surprising pleasure." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Célia Houdart composes Quarry's plot with snapshots stolen from time, suspended in the present....The reader is a spectator who assists, a delighted voyeur, with this succession of scenes. He rejoices in the minimal and precise gaze that the writer has on things." —Le Temps, Éléonore Sulser