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Nine Lives de Peter Swanson

Nine Lives

Autor Peter Swanson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 feb 2023

Găsim în această carte o structură narativă fragmentată, construită chirurgical pentru a induce o stare de alertă constantă. Peter Swanson orchestrează perspective multiple, sărind de la un personaj la altul pe măsură ce lista morții prinde viață. Totul începe cu un gest banal: un plic în cutia poștală. Nouă nume. Nicio explicație. Apoi, teroarea se instalează. Un bătrân se îneacă în Maine. Un tată este împușcat în Massachusetts. Notăm cu interes cum autorul nu pierde timpul cu introduceri lungi, ci aruncă cititorul direct în mecanismul unei execuții în masă.

Merită menționat că ritmul este dictat de imprevizibilitatea atacurilor. Cine urmează? Agentul FBI Jessica Winslow, aflată ea însăși pe listă, încearcă să găsească numitorul comun între acești străini care nu s-au întâlnit niciodată. Cititorul care a apreciat ideea listei fatale și sentimentul de urmărire din The List de Carys Jones va găsi aici aceeași tensiune insuportabilă — dar într-un context mult mai vast, la nivel național. Dacă în Eight Perfect Murders, autorul explora omagiul literar prin ochii unui librar, în Nine Lives el rafinează această abordare, transformând suspansul clasic într-o cursă contra cronometru modernă.

Stilul este sec, precis, eliminând orice ornament inutil pentru a lăsa loc groazei pure. Swanson demonstrează din nou, așa cum a făcut-o și în A Talent for Murder, o abilitate remarcabilă de a ascunde vinovatul la vedere. Nu este doar un roman polițist, ci un puzzle psihologic unde fiecare capitol poate fi ultimul pentru personajul aflat în focus. Tensiunea nu scade nicio secundă, iar sentimentul de paranoia este palpabil.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780571358571
ISBN-10: 0571358578
Pagini: 365
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: FABER AND FABER LTD

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru cititorii care caută un roman polițist cu ritm alert și o intrigă de tip puzzle. Dacă vă plac poveștile unde nimeni nu este în siguranță și unde trecutul revine sub forme violente, Nine Lives este alegerea ideală. Veți câștiga o experiență intensă de lectură, încercând să descifrați legătura invizibilă dintre nouă străini înainte ca lista să fie complet tăiată.

Despre autor

Peter Swanson este un autor de succes, cunoscut pentru romane precum The Girl with a Clock for a Heart și bestsellerul Eight Perfect Murders. Deține diplome de la Trinity College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst și Emerson College. Locuiește în Somerville, Massachusetts, unde își scrie romanele de suspans psihologic apreciate pentru modul ingenios în care reinterpretează convențiile genului mystery. Opera sa este marcată de o atenție deosebită pentru detaliul macabru și pentru răsturnările de situație care sfidează așteptările cititorului.

Descriere

Peter Swanson is back - with a chilling and fiendish puzzle of novel, the crime novel everyone will be talking about...

Recenzii

“The mysterious letters that arrive for the unlucky folks in Peter Swanson’s terrific Nine Lives are all identical… The plot is an ingenious puzzle… Forget trying to solve the mystery yourself. But be aware that if you look closely, you may spot the murderer… hiding in plain sight.” — New York Times Book Review
“[A] smartly entertaining reimagining of Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None… Swanson cunningly plays with readers’ heads as we hope so-and-so gets it next… In addition to the suspense — who’s doing this, and why? — there’s lots of literary wit.” — Washington Post on Nine Lives
“Swanson honors genre traditions by arousing expectations only to subvert them—and then subvert them again. Some of the surprises are so unexpected, readers may be doing mental backflips to keep up. The author of Nine Lives has surpassed his own high standards.” — Wall Street Journal
“Swanson again takes the idea of fiction as homage to deliriously vertiginous new heights… While the tension mounts deliciously as we wonder if there will be any survivors, the real fascination here is the explanation itself—and what it reveals about the cancerous effects of guilt and obsession.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Swanson (Every Vow You Break) neatly riffs on Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None in this taut thriller… [A] well-crafted page-turner.” — Publishers Weekly
“I loved Nine Lives. Swanson's sharp and insightful characterization brought to life a fascinating premise. The whole resolution is beautifully worked out.” — Ann Cleeves, author of The Heron’s Cry
“With economical strokes of his pen, Peter Swanson presents us with a clever homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and keeps us guessing right to the end.”  — Peter May, author of The Blackhouse
“Gosh, Nine Lives is good. Incredibly so." — Winnipeg Free Press
“Swanson is emerging as the king of the classic mystery revival. His last two books, Every Vow You Break and Eight Perfect Murders, were deservedly bestsellers and received many awards… Nine Lives lives up to all that and more. This is his best book yet. The premise is near perfection.” — Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“[Swanson] has earned a reputation for ingenious plotting and a clear, precise writing style — and “Nine Lives” is no exception. And this time, he tells readers just enough about the lives of the nine people on the hit list to make readers care what happens to them.” — Associated Press
“Swanson creates a rollercoaster for readers.” — BookPage
“Echoes of Agatha Christie reverberate through Nine Lives as Peter Swanson… brings a fresh, contemporary approach to the classic And Then There Were None. [Swanson’s] intense storytelling energizes Nine Lives. Swanson delivers a surprising but believable resolution that ties together all the characters in this solid thriller.” — Shelf Awareness
“Peter Swanson is one of my go-to authors, and he keeps getting better with each new book he writes. His latest effort, Nine Lives, is no exception. Not only is it a terrific mystery/thriller that keeps you guessing right up until the last page, it just happens to be inspired by one of my all-time favorite novels: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.” — Bookreporter.com
“Swanson alternates points of view with alacrity, unleashing a varied and vibrant ensemble…Peter Swanson is the king of the high concept thriller, and Nine Lives marks yet another ambitious addition to his collected works. An ode to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None, it expands on her premise by moving the killing grounds from an insular island setting to America at large.” — CriminalElement.com
"‘Deliciously ingenious… With twist upon twist, and false clue upon false clue, this is superb, elegant crime writing with more than a nod to the genre’s past.’" — Daily Mail (UK)
“Diving into the plot of a Peter Swanson novel is rather like getting involved, if not quite in a game of chess, then in a particularly sharp game of checkers. Swanson’s earlier bestselling “Eight Perfect Murders” qualified as a solid book of this type. “Nine Lives” is even better.”  — Toronto Star
“Hitchcockian chills and thrills abound in Swanson's latest mystery, a twisty tale of survival and deception. "  — O, the Oprah Magazine on Every Vow You Break
“Swanson specializes in writing mesmerizing thrillers that subvert readers’ expectations. The author works his particular magic once again with Every Vow You Break… Swanson’s shape-shifting saga is reminiscent, by turns, of such foreboding films as Vertigo [and] Fatal Attraction.” — Wall Street Journal
“Just when we think we have an idea of what Abigail is up against, Swanson pulls the rug away from under us. Strange events give way to sinister revelations... The last act cranks up tension to the breaking point. Sit back, suspend all disbelief, and watch those pages fly by.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune on Every Vow You Break
“With mounting tension and fraying nerves, it careens to the final stunning conclusion. A true tour de force.” — Lisa Gardner on Eight Perfect Murders
“Eight Perfect Murders creates expectations it then subverts, presents suspects only to eliminate them, and in general has its own way with the tropes of the mystery thriller—including that genre mainstay, the unreliable narrator.” — Wall Street Journal
“A devious whodunit” — New York Times Book Review on Eight Perfect Murders
“In Peter Swanson’s expert hands, one woman’s discerning observation at a quiet suburban dinner party unfolds into a gripping, twisty, psychologically complex thriller. I could not put it down.” — Alafair Burke on Before She Knew Him
“A fun read, full of switchbacks and double crosses… With classic misdirection, Swanson distracts us from the details - changing up murderers and victims fast enough to keep us reading. And, implausibly, rooting for the cold-blooded killer at this thriller’s core.” — Boston Globe on The Kind Worth Killing
“Chilling and hypnotically suspenseful … could be an instant classic.” — Lee Child on The Kind Worth Killing
The Kind Worth Killing is not your ordinary murder mystery; it is an extraordinarily well-written tale of deceit and revenge told by a very gifted writer. Peter Swanson takes us on a harrowing journey through the hearts and minds of a cast of characters who seem normal on the outside, but are deliciously abnormal on the inside. The twists are not just in the plot; they are also in the heads of the plotters.” — Nelson DeMille

Notă biografică

Peter Swanson is the author of seven novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger; Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; Before She Knew Him, and Eight Perfect Murders. His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where he is at work on his next novel.