Nice success for the Quais du thriller festival in Lyon

Thousands of readers gathered for the 18th edition of the event dedicated to detective novels.

Apart from the absences of two heavyweights, John Grisham and Harlan Coben, suffering from Covid, all the stars were there, from South African

to Icelandic

via our

and

In the room of the Palais de la Bourse, the authors signed with all their might.

Side by side,

and

watched with delight the lines of fans who had come to have their books signed.

Same thing for

a few meters away.

The samurai of the noir novel, the ex-cop

, signed, impassive but still impressive for visitors.

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Imagined last year, one-hour cruises along the Saône have resumed this year, under the snow, to the delight of thriller lovers.

We saw people rushing to the Quai des Célestins where the rotations were going well.

Barely had Bernard Minier had time to talk about his new thriller,

, named after his new Spanish heroine, an investigator released in Salamanca and Segovia, that

arrived with his fans.

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The authors complied with the game of dedications, meetings, with happiness.

We saw the Scottish

react to some somewhat macho remarks from Pagan.

was everywhere, smiling.

In the morning, at breakfast time,

the author of

, was already writing on his computer!

Long standing ovation

Between two debates, the clique of French thriller authors composed of

, found themselves in a bar to water the reunion.

And having fun seeing that the novels of the first three had an island as their setting!

In a restaurant on the rue de la République, we saw the American

and the Englishman

in front of a pint of beer.

The latter had the right after a late meeting on Saturday where he dumbfounded the public by reading an extract from his new novel,

, the last volume of his trilogy on Tokyo after the Second World War.

A form of slam that triggered a long ovation.

After two difficult years, the booksellers experienced these three days to the full, their turnover showing an amount of 250,000 euros.

The winners of this edition were

Quais du Polar readers' prize for

(Rivages),

Le Point du polar européen prize for

(Ed. Hugo thriller),

left with the prize of the Libraries of the city of Lyon and the Metropolis for

(Gallmeister).

All have agreed to meet for the 19th edition from March 31 to April 2, 2023. Hoping, this time, for a beautiful sun!