Mirror Lake

APPETITE FOR BREAKOUT BOOKS IN TRANSLATION: With the enormous success of psychological suspense novels like The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani and the stunning work of metafiction The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, the English-language market is demonstrating an appetite for thrilling works of fiction that cross the boundaries between literary and genre fiction. Michaud is a master of suspense and the psychological thriller, and releasing her latest novel in the spring season makes it perfect for those readers looking for an absorbing mystery with a dark edge. INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS: Andrée Michaud is a well-established name across the French-speaking world, and beyond. She has won the Quais du Polar Prize for Best Crime Novel (named for the eponymous festival celebrating crime fiction in film and print, held in Lyons, France) and ELLE Magazine's Readers' Prize in France. She is such a famous writer in that country that she has her own entry in the dictionary! Her novel Bondrée was sold in eight territories across Europe and North America.ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE AND LITERARY THRILLERS: Michaud is a major author with eleven novels to her name. She has won two Governor General's Literary Awards, the Arthur Ellis Award for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing, the Prix Ringuet, and France's Prix SNCF du Polar. She has also experienced acclaim in the English-language market with her nomination for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. This will be her third work in English translation, following her genre-bending psychological mystery Back Roads (Arachnide, 2020). Michaud is poised to become a major hit in the English-language world.FLEEING SOCIETY FOR THE PRESUMED SOLACE OF NATURE: Thematically, in this novel Michaud explores an urge that will be more and more poignant in the coming years: fleeing the traps of crowded city life for the much idealized solace of the rural community and of nature. Michaud's masterful story twists and turns this notion that one can escape society entirely on its head.