Synopsis "Glory Days (in English)"
In a gripping noir crime thriller, what dark secrets will the police investigation uncover about a brutal murder at sea, and the series of mysterious notes that seems to point straight at the killer? The story starts in the sunny climes of Sonoma County, California, when Richard Corvo and his young neighbor, Catherine Peppard, begin an illicit relationship, full of romance and sex and not much else. For him, the thriller suspense of the affair take his mind off the painful subject of his recent separation from his wife and daughter, but Catherine, young and aimless, feels unsatisfied in more ways than one. When she meets the intrepid and beautiful Monica Koenig, a champion around-the-world yachtswoman, it suddenly seems like all her dreams have come true. She suddenly has an out for the disappointing romance and sex with Corvo, and an exciting way to travel to her father's holiday home in the Caribbean. But Monica trails dark secrets in the wake of her yacht, Glory Days, and when all three set out on a one way trip to the harbor of San Diego, the limited space and burgeoning sexual tension explodes into violence. The survivors think they have gotten away with their noir crime murder at sea, but nine months later a mysterious series of notes wash up on the desk of gritty New York detective Dale Pennant, and the police investigation begins to hunt down the killer. A lethal cocktail of greed, manipulation, death, duplicity, and crime thriller suspense, the dark humour and twist of fate make Glory Days a quest for revenge best served cold.
