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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. Life Frank L. Packard was born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liege. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. EXtrait: CHAPITRE PREMIER LE COMMANDANT À l'avant la cloche du Nepenthe piqua deux: neuf heures du soir. Owen Heath, tout en traversant le pont, jeta un regard par la porte ouverte, sur la pièce du yacht qui servait à la fois de bar et de fumoir. Les quatre invités mâles jouaient au bridge, comme d'habitude. Il haussa les épaules. Ceux-là ne faisaient que jouer au bridge et boire. Ils buvaient continuellement. Cela ne le regardait pas, il était seulement commandant temporaire du Nepenthe, mais il eut été normal qu'ils désirent de temps en temps emplir leurs poumons d'air pur, surtout par cette splendide nuit étoilée. Quel drôle de voyage et quels curieux passagers ! Il y avait pourtant une exception. Les yeux d'Owen parcoururent le pont désert. Les quatre joueurs n'étaient pas les seuls à qui les merveilles d'une admirable nuit tropicale étaient indifférentes. Il fut désappointé. N'avait-il pas espéré qu'une de ces chaises transatlantiques serait occupée ? Et, pour être plus précis, qu'elle serait occupée par Doris Carroll ? Elle ne l'était pas... La mer semblait un drap d'argent sous la clarté de la pleine lune. Il y avait à peine une ondulation sur l'eau. Quel dommage de manquer pareil enchantement ! Il fit une petite grimace moqueuse. Ces chaises étaient bien tentantes. Le bruit de la T.S.F. se fit entendre au pont supérieur. Roach devait envoyer quelque message sans but à travers les airs - étaient-ils sans but ? En face de lui se trouvait la porte du salon de repos. Cette porte était fermée, mais il entendait marcher la radio. Le poste le plus moderne, ondes longues et courtes, était niché dans ce petit coin bien meublé. Peut-être était-elle là ? En tous cas il y avait quelqu'un. Il traversa le pont, ouvrit la porte, et s'arrêta brusquement sur le seuil en entendant ces mots sortir de l'appareil: ... sauvagement assassiné... on évalue à trois ou quatre millions le... Une confusion s'ensuivit: bribes de chansons, rugissements d'orchestres, cri aigu de quelque instrument, fragments de réclame. Il porta instinctivement la main à ses oreilles. Ce n'était par Doris Carroll qui était là, c'était Mme Stavert. Elle manipulait l'appareil avec frénésie et semblait exaspérée. Mais comme Owen venait à ses côtés, elle arrêta la radio et le regarda....


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781517728656
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 258
  • Series Title: French
  • Weight: 399 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1517728657
  • Publisher Date: 08 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 152 mm

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