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How It Happened de Michael Koryta

How It Happened

Autor Michael Koryta
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 ian 2019

O mărturie șocantă. Două cadavre dispărute. O carieră distrusă într-o secundă. Notăm cu interes cum Michael Koryta construiește miza psihologică a acestui roman: nu este vorba doar despre găsirea vinovatului, ci despre prăbușirea unui om care a crezut orbește în adevăr. Rob Barrett, expert FBI în interogatorii, pariază totul pe confesiunea lui Kimberly Crepeaux, o tânără marginalizată din Maine. Când realitatea din teren contrazice brutal detaliile mărturisite, Barrett se trezește izolat, reasignat și bântuit de eșec. Considerăm că forța narativă rezidă în disperarea tatălui uneia dintre victime, Howard Pelletier, a cărui durere refuză să fie clasată odată cu dosarul oficial. Ritmul este sacadat, alert, reflectând urgența unei investigații neoficiale. Merită menționat că, spre deosebire de abordarea procedurală clasică din Murder at the FBI de Margaret Truman, unde secretele birocratice sunt motorul acțiunii, How it Happened se scufundă în „inima întunecată” a Americii rurale. Dacă A Twist of the Knife de Becky Masterman v-a captivat prin portretul unui fost agent FBI care nu poate lăsa trecutul în pace, această carte extinde experiența în direcția unei dileme morale chinuitoare: ce faci când dovezile ADN indică un suspect, dar instinctul tău îți spune că adevărul a fost deja rostit? Este un parcurs tensionat în care linia dintre vinovăție și victimizare se șterge sub presiunea drogurilor și a sărăciei.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780316293891
ISBN-10: 031629389X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 137 x 208 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest roman polițist cititorilor care caută o intrigă construită pe nuanțe psihologice și erori judiciare. Veți câștiga o perspectivă fascinantă asupra tehnicilor de interogatoriu FBI, totul pe fundalul unei atmosfere de nesiguranță specifice Americii profunde. Este o lectură despre prețul adevărului într-o lume care preferă soluțiile rapide în locul celor corecte.

Despre autor

Michael Koryta este un nume de referință în beletristica polițistă contemporană, publicând primul său roman, Tonight I Said Goodbye, la vârsta de 21 de ani. Experiența sa reală ca investigator privat și reporter de investigație în Indiana își pune amprenta pe acuratețea procedurilor descrise în cărțile sale. Opera sa include titluri de succes precum Rise the Dark sau Last Words, fiind distins cu premii prestigioase precum LA Times Book Prize și nominalizat la premiile Edgar și Shamus. Stilul său, apreciat de Stephen King, combină tensiunea brută cu o explorare profundă a caracterului uman.

Descriere scurtă

An FBI investigator must uncover the secrets of his hometown to solve a double murder in this twisty "page turner" that's "perfect summer reading" (Stephen King).

"And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?"

Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well-known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have little reason to believe her story.

Not Rob Barrett, the FBI investigator and interrogator specializing in telling a true confession from a falsehood. He's been circling Kimberly and her conspirators for months, waiting for the right avenue to the truth, and has finally found it. He knows, as strongly as he's known anything, that Kimberly's story-a grisly, harrowing story of a hit and run fueled by dope and cheap beer that becomes a brutal stabbing in cold blood-is how it happened. But one thing remains elusive: where are Jackie and Ian's bodies?

After Barrett stakes his name and reputation on the truth of Kimberly's confession, only to have the bodies turn up 200 miles from where she said they'd be, shot in the back and covered in a different suspect's DNA, the case is quickly closed and Barrett forcibly reassigned. But for Howard Pelletier, the tragedy of his daughter's murder cannot be so tidily swept away. And for Barrett, whose career may already be over, the chance to help a grieving father may be the only one he has left.

HOW IT HAPPENED is a frightening, tension-filled ride into the dark heart of rural America from a writer Stephen King has called "a master" and the New York Times has deemed "impossible to resist."

Notă biografică

Michael Koryta is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels, most recently Rise the Dark. His previous novels--including Last Words, Those Who Wish Me Dead, and So Cold the River--were New York Times notable books, national bestsellers, and have been nominated for numerous awards, including having won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Koryta is a former private investigator and newspaper reporter. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and Camden, Maine.

Recenzii

"Cool and cunning... the story feels like the real deal... Gives me goose bumps, a credit to Koryta's descriptive powers."—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
"Michael Koryta is one hell of a writer, and How it Happened is one hell of a murder mystery. It's a tribute to Koryta's craftsmanship and skill that the reader can't put the book down until the last layer of the onion is peeled away to reveal the truth at the core of this gripping tale... A remarkable achievement that rises high above the genre."—Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cuban Affair
"This gripping and absorbing story about a protagonist coming to terms with his conflicted past, a lost love, and a crime that seems determined not to be solved could only be penned by Michael Koryta, whose sense of place and insight into the human experience are unsurpassed."—Sandra Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red
"Ingenious.. Koryta' s plotting is sure-footed, and the secrets he discloses, one by one, at the novel's end are both surprising and plausible... How It Happened [is] a book the reader won't soon forget."—The Washington Post
"Michael Koryta's latest may be [the summer's] best page-turner. This isn't a whodunit: We know from the start that the upwardly upstanding, inwardly creepy Mathias Burke murdered a young couple in the town of Port Hope, Maine. The book casts its spell in revealing the whys and wherefores of the killings, as investigated by Burke's onetime high school classmate, Rob Barrett, a Boston FBI agent whom Burke likes nothing better than to humiliate... Koryta, who has introduced supernatural elements into several novels, plays it pretty straight here. But that doesn't mean he fails to deliver his usual blend of dark psychology and pulse-pounding action."—Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Tribune
"Koryta drew on his experience as a private eye to craft this harrowing suspense novel set in Maine."—O Magazine
"With this searing look at an investigator's obsessive efforts to close a case that has awakened childhood demons, bestseller Koryta has produced his most powerful novel in years... Koryta, when he's at the top of his game, has few peers in combining murder mysteries with psychological puzzles."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Is Koryta capable of telling a less-than-gripping tale? ... flawless, unpredictable storytelling streaked with his usual dark undercurrents. Crime fiction doesn't get any more enjoyable."—Kirkus (starred review)
"Fans of Koryta's previous works, readers who enjoy rogue investigators as protagonists, and devotees of murder mysteries will enjoy this enthralling tale."—Library Journal (starred review)
"A compelling psychological thriller...ingenious...[and] heartfelt."—The Tampa Bay Times
"Koryta excels at action set in remote places, and fans ofWilliam Kent Krueger and C. J. Box will enjoy this one."—Booklist

Descriere

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'How it Happened is precise and thrilling with an offbeat charm. Koryta in his finest moments is reminiscent of Stephen King . . . Terrific' Metro

'A remarkable achievement that rises high above the genre' Nelson DeMille

'And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?'

Kimberly Crepeaux is a notorious jailhouse snitch and opioid addict whose petty crimes are well known to the locals in her rural Maine community. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a prominent local family and her sweetheart, few believe her story.

Except FBI interrogation specialist Rob Barrett. He knows that Kimberly's story - a dope-fuelled hit and run followed by a violent stabbing - is how it happened. But one thing remains elusive: where are the bodies?

Barrett stakes his name and reputation on the truth of Kimberly's confession, only to have the bodies turn up two hundred miles from where she said they'd be, shot in the back and covered in a different suspect's DNA. The case is quickly closed and Barrett forcibly reassigned. But for Howard Pelletier, the tragedy of his daughter's murder cannot be so easily forgotten. And for Barrett, whose career may already be over, the chance to help a grieving father may be the only one he has left.

How It Happened is a frightening, tension-filled ride into the dark heart of rural America.