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Crimson Shore de Douglas Preston

Crimson Shore: Agent Pendergast series, cartea 15

Autor Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 noi 2015

O cameră secretă. Un naufragiul misterios. Un cadavru lăsat în mlaștinile dezolante. În Crimson Shore, miza nu este doar rezolvarea unei crime, ci supraviețuirea în fața unui rău străvechi care refuză să rămână îngropat. Remarcăm cum o simplă investigație privată privind un furt de vin se transformă rapid într-o cursă contra cronometru sub cerul plumburiu din Exmouth, Massachusetts. Agentul Douglas Preston și Lincoln Child construiesc o tensiune insuportabilă, unde fiecare simbol demonic sculptat în carne și fiecare legendă despre vrăjitoarele fugite din Salem în 1692 capătă o realitate terifiantă.

Apreciem evoluția relației dintre Pendergast și pupila sa, Constance Greene. Trecutul ei traumatic devine singura busolă într-un oraș care își ascunde păcatele în spatele zidurilor de cărămidă. Atmosfera te trimite cu gândul la Widow of Pale Harbor (Original), deși elementele procedurale specifice FBI-ului și erudiția rece a lui Pendergast marchează o voce proprie, mult mai clinică și mai alertă. Dacă în Badlands sau Dead Mountain autorii explorau fenomene aparent supranaturale în decoruri aride, aici mlaștina sărată și ceața oceanului devin personaje opresive care dictează ritmul narațiunii. Este un puzzle complex, o demonstrație de forță a suspansului clasic adaptat unui stil modern, tăios, unde trecutul nu este doar o amintire, ci o amenințare activă.

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ISBN-13: 9781455535514
ISBN-10: 1455535516
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
Seria Agent Pendergast series

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm Crimson Shore pentru amestecul fascinant de mister polițist și horror istoric. Cititorul va câștiga o experiență intensă, explorând legăturile dintre procesele vrăjitoarelor din Salem și crimele din prezent. Este volumul ideal pentru cei care caută un protagonist de tip Sherlock Holmes plasat într-un decor gotic american, oferind o intrigă densă care pregătește terenul pentru evenimentele dramatice din The Obsidian Chamber.

Despre autor

Douglas Preston este un jurnalist și autor american de renume, celebru pentru colaborările sale cu Lincoln Child. Împreună au creat universul Agentului Pendergast și seria Gideon Crew, ambele definitorii pentru thrillerul contemporan. Preston are o pregătire solidă în știință și explorare, scriind constant pentru publicații precum The New Yorker și Smithsonian. Această expertiză se reflectă în detaliile tehnice și istorice riguroase din lucrările sale, fie că este vorba despre romane solo ca Extinction, fie despre thrillerele scrise în tandem, unde misterul se împletește întotdeauna cu fapte documentate.

Descriere scurtă

A secret chamber.
A mysterious shipwreck.
A murder in the desolate salt marshes.

A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated.
Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene, travels to the quaint seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to investigate the theft of a priceless wine collection. But inside the wine cellar, they find something considerably more disturbing: a bricked-up niche that once held a crumbling skeleton.

Pendergast and Constance soon learn that Exmouth is a town with a very dark and troubled history, and this skeleton may be only the first hint of an ancient transgression, kept secret all these years. But they will discover that the sins of the past are still very much alive. Local legend holds that during the 1692 witch trials in Salem, the real witches escaped, fleeing north to Exmouth and settling deep in the surrounding salt marshes, where they continued to practice their wicked arts. Then, a murdered corpse turns up in the marshes. The only clue is a series of mysterious carvings. Could these demonic symbols bear some relation to the ancient witches' colony, long believed to be abandoned?

A terrible evil lurks beneath the surface of this sleepy seaside town-one with deep roots in Exmouth's grim history. And it may be that Constance, with her own troubled past, is the only one who truly comprehends the awful danger that she, Pendergast, and the residents of Exmouth must face . . .

Notă biografică

The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child'sRelicandThe Cabinet of Curiositieswere chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, andRelicwas made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels includeFever Dream,Cold Vengeance,Two Graves, andGideon's Corpse. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former book editor who has published five novels of his own, including the huge bestsellerDeep Storm.
Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly "strangely entertaining note" from the authors, at their website,www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.

Recenzii

"Small-town politics, murder, a century-old conspiracy, arson and a detective who embodies a modern-day Holmes add up to an amazing journey."—Associated Press onWhite Fire
"These dynamic authors' best thriller to date."—White Firewas one ofLibrary Journal's Top 10 Thrillers of 2013
"Sherlock Holmes fans will relish Preston and Child's 13th novel featuring eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast (after 2012'sTwo Graves), one of their best in this popular series...easily stands on its own with only passing references to Pendergast's complex backstory."—Publishers Weekly(starred review) onWhite Fire
"Another highly entertaining and genuinely thrilling story from Preston & Child starring their romantic, faintly gothic, and always mysterious FBI agent, Aloysius Pendergast. As always the prose is elegant, replete with exquisite descriptions, and this time we're treated to dashes of historic characters Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde, as well as a positively delicious serving of the great Sherlock Holmes. Through myriad shocks, surprises, twists and turns, the suspense never lets up. Great fun to the last page."—Anne Rice onWhite Fire
"The best Pendergast book yet - a collision between past and present that will leave you breathless."—Lee Child onWhite Fire
"Preston and Child have done it again! WHITE FIRE continues their white hot streak of bestselling suspense as the most eccentric and ruthlessly clever FBI agent in the business, Pendergast, takes on old money and even older secrets with some literary help from Sherlock Holmes. Simply brilliant!"—Lisa Gardner
"What Preston and Child are so good at are exemplified here: solid research, clear swift prose and enough twists to fill a jar of pretzels. Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life."—David Baldacci
"WHITE FIRE is a perfect introduction for any reader not yet acquainted with A.X.L. Pendergast, one of the most memorable detectives in contemporary thrillerdom."—Steve Berry
"I've read every Pendergast thriller. This is the most suspenseful and most horrifying of them all. This book holds chills you can't imagine. I'm still shuddering. I promise-- you'll shudder, too."—R.L. Stine
"A mile-a-minute thriller with a deeply entertaining plot and marvelous characters, in a setting that will chill your blood, and not only because it's 10 degrees below zero and covered with snow. My copy is full of crumbs because I couldn't put it down long enough to eat."—Diana Gabaldon
"WHITE FIRE is as incandescent as its title, a beautifully organized, tautly paced book that really did just yank me in and demand that I keep reading. I'm very grateful for the experience."—Peter Straub
"Preston and Child have created a terrific mix of mystery and the unexpected that will keep you reading into the late hours of the night. They promise a great read and they have delivered."—Clive Cussler