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Behind Closed Doors: A Novel: Briarstone, cartea 2

Autor Elizabeth Haynes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 mar 2015

Ritmul este alert, sufocant, o cursă contracronometru unde trecutul și prezentul se ciocnesc violent. Subliniem precizia aproape chirurgicală a detaliilor procedurale, un semn distinctiv al experienței autoarei în analiza criminalistică. Remarcăm tensiunea psihologică insuportabilă: Scarlett Rainsford, dispărută acum zece ani în Grecia, este găsită subit în timpul unui raid într-un bordel din Briarstone. Inspectoarea Louisa Smith se confruntă cu cel mai mare regret al carierei sale, dar regăsirea nu aduce liniște, ci noi întrebări brutale. Familia fetei pare mai degrabă terifiată decât ușurată. Pe același raft cu Broken House de Louisa Scarr, unde o dispariție veche de un deceniu revine în actualitate prin dovezi noi, Behind Closed Doors se distinge prin complexitatea firelor narative multiple care converg spre un singur punct critic. Apreciem modul în care Elizabeth Haynes gestionează trei cazuri aparent disparate — o agresiune, o crimă în pădure și trauma lui Scarlett — demonstrând o stăpânire a suspansului literar superioară volumului anterior, Under a Silent Moon. Dacă în Never Alone autoarea explora izolarea și doliul, aici focalizează pe secretele corozive ale unei comunități mici și pe eșecurile sistemice ale justiției. Este un roman polițist dens, unde tăcerea personajelor este la fel de periculoasă ca faptele lor.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780062370525
ISBN-10: 0062370529
Pagini: 672
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperLargePrint
Seria Briarstone


De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută un roman polițist autentic, scris cu rigoarea unui fost analist de poliție. Veți câștiga o perspectivă crudă și onestă asupra traumelor nespuse și a modului în care un caz nerezolvat poate bântui o întreagă carieră. Este lectura ideală pentru fanii seriei Detective Inspector Louisa Smith și pentru cei care apreciază misterele psihologice cu mize emoționale ridicate.


Despre autor

Elizabeth Haynes este o autoare de succes, fost analist de informații în cadrul poliției britanice, rol care i-a permis să studieze în profunzime tiparele comportamentului criminal. Debutul său, Into the Darkest Corner, a fost desemnat Cartea Anului de către Amazon în 2011. Experiența sa profesională în analiza datelor polițienești conferă lucrărilor sale un realism aparte și o structură riguroasă. În prezent, locuiește în Norfolk, dedicându-se scrisului și participând activ la evenimente literare internaționale, precum National Novel Writing Month.


Descriere scurtă

An old case makes Detective Inspector Louisa Smith some new enemies in this spellbinding second installment of New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes’s Briarstone crime series that combines literary suspense and page-turning thrills.
Ten years ago, 15-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished while on a family holiday in Greece. Was she abducted, or did she run away from her severely dysfunctional family? Lou Smith worked the case as a police constable, and failing to find Scarlett has been one of the biggest regrets of her career. No one is more shocked than Lou to learn that Scarlett has unexpectedly been found during a Special Branch raid of a brothel in Briarstone.
Lou and her Major Crime team are already stretched working two troubling cases: nineteen-year-old Ian Palmer was found badly beaten; and soon after, bar owner Carl McVey was found half-buried in the woods, his Rolex and money gone. While Lou tries to establish the links between the two cases, DS Sam Hollands works with Special Branch to question Scarlett. What happened to her? Where has she been until now? How did she end up back here? And why is her family—with the exception of her emotionally fragile younger sister, Juliette—less than enthusiastic about her return?
When another brutal assault and homicide are linked to the McVey murder, Lou’s cases collide, and the clues all point in one terrifying direction. As the pressure and the danger mount, it becomes clear that the silent, secretive Scarlett holds the key to everything.

Recenzii

“Harrowing…. Vivid, unsparing prose…. helps make this a haunting, highly disturbing mystery.” — Publishers Weekly
“An involving police procedural with a protagonist who agonizes about maintaining both a committed personal relationship and a demanding career.” — Booklist
“Haynes pulls no punches…. the skillful police work and superb ending make the reading truly worthwhile. Mystery readers will want more Haynes!” — Library Journal
“It’s hard to put the uniqueness of Elizabeth Haynes’ writing into words. Her stories grip you by the throat and force you to acknowledge that this is what real crime and real horror look and feel like, as well as real love, hope, fear. Suddenly, much of the other crime fiction you’ve read seems, in comparison, rather like stories made up by writers. Haynes is the most exciting thing to happen to crime fiction in a long time.” — Sophie Hannah
“Haynes is a master at building tension to unbearable heights....The only breaks you’re likely to take while reading will be to triple-check the locks on your doors and windows.” — BookPage

Notă biografică

Elizabeth Haynes is a former police intelligence analyst, a civilian role that involves determining patterns in offending and criminal behavior. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner, Dark Tide, Human Remains, and, most recently, Under a Silent Moon, the first installment of the Briarstone crime series.


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'To begin with, nothing was certain except her own terror . . .'

Ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished without a trace during a family holiday to Greece. Not being able to find Scarlett was one of the biggest regrets of DCI Louisa Smith's career and when Scarlett is discovered back in her home town after all this time, Lou is determined to find out what happened to her and why she remained hidden for so long. Was she abducted or did she run away?

As Lou and her team delve deeper into Scarlett's past, their investigation throws up more questions than it answers. But as they edge closer to the truth about what really went on behind closed doors, it is more sinister and disturbing than they had ever imagined.

From the bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner comes an unsettling and compulsively readable novel that will keep you under its spell until the very last page.