Helen NAYLOR (1999), IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN, Cambridge Readers level 5, C1, 2800
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By Odile Liquete, 1º Bachillerato B EFL
The
book is about how the body of the climber Edward Crowe is discovered 74 years
after his disappearance in Zermatt, Switzerland. His granddaughter Clare goes
to Switzerland to recover the body and to investigate his mysterious
disappearance. This trip will help her to discover her family’s past and it
will make her rethink her future.
The
part of the book I liked the best is when Ulrich Grunwalder, the guide who was
with Edward Crowe when he disappeared, tells her that her grandfather had an
affair with his sister (‘Your grandfather was in love with my sister, Marianne,
he came back to Zermatt in 1924 to be with her’), the moment when she discovers
that her grandfather had been unfaithful to her grandmother.
I
recommend the book to all the people who like mystery novels. The book is easy
and fast to read and that makes you take part
in the investigation carried out by Clare about the mysterious disappearance of
her grandfather.
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