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Aslan Kennedy has an idyllic life as leader of a spiritual retreat for wealthy holidaymakers on one of the Caribbean's most unspoilt islands, Saint Marie. Until he's murdered, that is. The case seems open and shut: when Aslan was killed, he was inside a locked room with only five other people, one of who has already confessed to the murder. Detective Inspector Richard Poole is hot, bothered, and fed up with talking to witnesses who'd rather discuss his aura than their whereabouts at the time of the murder.

Brought to you by Penguin. In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know...

Chiliad consists of two interrelated stories, stories filtered through the melancholy imagination of a narrator perched on the banks of a river that flows backward and forward through time. The first movement, "Men and Sin", takes place in the millennial year of 1000 AD. The second, "A Moment at the River's Heart", occurs exactly 1000 years - the length of a "chiliad" - later, as the new millennium approaches.

À la tête d'un centre de remise en forme physique et spirituelle pour riches vacanciers à Sainte-Marie, l'une des îles les mieux préservées des Caraïbes, Aslan Kennedy mène une vie de rêve.Enfin, avant d'être assassiné...À peine ouverte, l'enquête semble déjà résolue : au moment de sa mort, Aslan était enfermé en compagnie de cinq personnes, et l'une d'elles vient de passer aux aveux. Mais l'inspecteur-chef Richard Poole, chargé de l'affaire, n'est pas dans son assiette, et ce n'est pas qu'à cause de la chaleur. Quelque chose le chiffonne.