House of Correction: A twisty and shocking thriller from the master of psychological suspense
Autor Nicci Frenchen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 sep 2020
Ritmul acestui roman este unul stratificat, care pulsează între claustrarea celulei de închisoare și tensiunea sălii de judecată. Apreciem modul în care Nicci French reușește să transforme limitările fizice ale protagonistei într-un motor narativ: Tabitha nu poate ieși să investigheze, așa că trebuie să asambleze puzzle-ul propriei nevinovății folosind doar fragmentele de memorie care îi revin și informațiile care pătrund prin gratii. Găsim aici o explorare profundă a izolării, unde tăcerea satului de coastă din Devon devine la fel de amenințătoare ca zidurile închisorii.
Cine a citit The Girl In Cell A de Vaseem Khan va recunoaște aici tema captivantă a femeii condamnate care își susține nevinovăția în ciuda unor lacune de memorie paralizante. Totuși, House of Correction se distinge prin abordarea sa hibridă: este în egală măsură un thriller psihologic și o dramă juridică minuțioasă, unde protagonista, o figură marginalizată și dificilă, refuză rolul de victimă pasivă.
În contextul operei duo-ului Nicci French, acest volum continuă tradiția personajelor feminine complexe, aflate în situații limită, pe care am întâlnit-o și în The Unheard sau The Favour. Dacă în lucrările anterioare accentul cădea adesea pe vulnerabilitatea în fața unui agresor extern, aici lupta este dusă pe două fronturi: împotriva unui sistem de justiție care a etichetat-o deja drept criminală și împotriva propriei minți care pare să o trădeze. Este o lectură despre reziliență și despre curajul de a fi propriul aliat atunci când întreaga comunitate te-a condamnat deja.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1471179281
Pagini: 528
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută un thriller cerebral, unde misterul nu se rezolvă prin urmăriri spectaculoase, ci prin logică și forță de caracter. Veți descoperi o protagonistă memorabilă, Tabitha, a cărei luptă de tip David contra Goliat împotriva sistemului juridic este pe cât de frustrantă, pe atât de satisfăcătoare. Este o lectură despre prejudecăți sociale și despre procesul anevoios de a recupera adevărul dintr-o memorie fragmentată.
Despre autor
Nicci French este pseudonimul literar al celebrului cuplu de scriitori britanici Nicci Gerrard și Sean French. Specializați în thrillerul psihologic, aceștia au semnat numeroase bestselleruri internaționale, printre care se numără Killing Me Softly și seria de succes Frieda Klein. Stilul lor se remarcă prin analiza psihologică fină și prin capacitatea de a construi tensiune din detaliile vieții cotidiene. House of Correction confirmă măiestria lor în a crea intrigi polițiste moderne care respectă, în același timp, rigoarea genului clasic britanic.
Descriere scurtă
She’s a murderer.
Everyone knows she killed Stuart Rees – why else would his dead body be found in her shed?
So now Tabitha is in prison, awaiting trial.
Coming back to the remote coastal village where she grew up was a mistake. She didn’t fit in then, and she doesn’t fit in now.
That day is such a blur, she can’t remember clearly what happened. There is something she is missing, something important… She only knows one thing. She is not capable of murder.
And the only one she can trust to help her out of this situation is herself.
So she must fight. Against the odds.
For her life.
Beautifully written about prejudice, loneliness and fighting spirit, this new book by Nicci French is shocking, twisty and utterly compelling.
Praise for House of Correction:
‘A novel that blissfully plays with two genres: on the one hand an against-the-odds legal thriller à la John Grisham… and on the other a Miss Marple whodunnit set in a Devon village, where the amateur sleuth is herself the prime suspect and has to conduct her investigation from jail’ Sunday Times
‘Nicci French husband-and-wife writing team responsible for some of the UK’s best psychological thrillers have created a gem of a protagonist in Tabitha, who sets out to investigate what happened to herself, from prison… House of Correction allows the readers to puzzle out what happened alongside Tabitha, while cheering her effort’ Observer
‘First-class’ Independent
‘The husband-and-wife team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French… have taken the ingredients of the classic village mystery and transformed them into something up to date and gripping’ Literary Review
‘Gritty and moving – the husband-and-wife team have scored another hit’ Best
‘A twisty and shocking read’ Bella
‘Engrossing… In this clever courtroom drama, Tabitha is on trial for the murder of a neighbour. The evidence against her is strong and due to the medication she takes, she has virtually no memory of what happened, but she’s sure she’s innocent and has to build a case to clear her name’ Good Housekeeping
‘I wanted everything to stop so I could read this book, there was something that grabbed me from the opening… This is a clever, well-crafted novel with twists and turns right until the end… Definitely a favourite read of mine for 2020’ Woman’s Way (Ireland)
‘Describing it as a suspenseful prison thriller, or riveting courtroom drama doesn’t do this meticulously written detective novel justice… As well as its finely drawn characters and clever storyline, this is a novel that provokes you into pondering the workings of the wider justice system, police methods and prison life’ Bookanista
‘Great writing, razor-sharp plotting, and powerful characterisation. I was 100 pages in before I even drew breath, and I defy anyone to see the ending coming’ Cara Hunter
‘Part ingenious locked-room mystery. Part you’ve-got-thewrong-person nightmare drama. Part intricate memory game. Yet all seamlessly woven together. French’s best book yet’ A J Finn
‘Clever, compelling, original and twisty. This unputdownable David-and-Goliath story has the flawed, funny, totally unforgettable Tabitha at its heart and I read until the early hours, desperate to know her fate’ Erin Kelly
Recenzii
‘Part ingenious locked-room mystery. Part you’ve-got-thewrong-person nightmare drama. Part intricate memory game. Yet all seamlessly woven together. French’s best book yet’
‘Great writing, razor-sharp plotting, and powerful characterisation. I was 100 pages in before I even drew breath, and I defy anyone to see the ending coming’
‘A novel that blissfully plays with two genres: on the one hand an against-the-odds legal thriller à la John Grisham where the defence lawyer is even more disadvantaged than usual; and on the other a Miss Marple whodunnit set in a Devon village, where the amateur sleuth is herself the prime suspect and has to conduct her investigation from jail. Enthrallingly, the reader knows where the plot is heading, but has no idea how the great escape can be pulled off’
‘Engrossing… In this clever courtroom drama, Tabitha is on trial for the murder of a neighbour. The evidence against her is strong and due to the medication she takes, she has virtually no memory of what happened, but she’s sure she’s innocent and has to build a case to clear her name’
‘I wanted everything to stop so I could read this book, there was something that grabbed me from the opening… This is a clever, well-crafted novel with twists and turns right until the end… The courtroom scenes are especially good and strike that balance between honour and order as well as farcical at times. Definitely a favourite read of mine for 2020’
'Describing it as a suspenseful prison thriller, or riveting courtroom drama doesn’t do this meticulously written detective novel justice. There is detail to sift through, CCTV footage to analyse, behaviour of the villagers to decipher. We become Tabitha’s shadow as the events surrounding that fateful day become clearer and more revealing. As well as its finely drawn characters and clever storyline, this is a novel that provokes you into pondering the workings of the wider justice system, police methods and prison life'
‘Nicci French husband-and-wife writing team responsible for some of the UK’s best psychological thrillers have created a gem of a protagonist in Tabitha, who sets out to investigate what happened to herself, from prison. Sad, small, yet gloriously tough, she summons the inhabitants of the place where the murder happened to speak to her and slowly pieces together her case… House of Correction allows the readers to puzzle out what happened alongside Tabitha, while cheering her effort’
'First-class'
‘The husband-and-wife team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French… have taken the ingredients of the classic village mystery and transformed them into something up to date and gripping… Now that the criminal justice system is shamefully underfunded, this is a timely as well as an entertaining novel’
‘Tabitha is in prison, charged with the murder of the teacher who once abused her. With no one convinced as she protests her innocence, she launches her own campaign to clear her name. Gritty and moving – the husband-and-wife team have scored another hit’
‘Tabitha is in prison, awaiting trial for the murder of a man found dead in her shed. The day is such a blur, though, she can’t clearly remember what happened. But she knows she’s no capable of murder. The only one she can trust is herself, so she must fight against all the odds… A twisty and shocking read’