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One White Lie de Leah Konen

One White Lie

Autor Leah Konen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 oct 2020

Considerăm că tensiunea din „One White Lie” se instalează fulgerător. Amintește de One Good Lie de Jane Isaac prin tema consecințelor catastrofale ale unei minciuni aparent inofensive, dar se diferențiază prin vulnerabilitatea extremă a protagonistei care fuge de un trecut violent. O femeie singură. O valiză. O vânătaie la ochi. Aceasta este premisa. Ea caută refugiu, dar găsește o capcană. Vecinii par ideali. Sunt empatici. Sunt îndrăgostiți. Sunt prietenii de care are nevoie. Apoi vine rugămintea. Doar o mică minciună. O declarație falsă pentru a-i salva. Credem că ritmul devine sufocant în momentul în care apare primul cadavru. Trecutul o urmărește. Ex-partenerul este pe urmele ei. Noua viață se prăbușește sub greutatea unui neadevăr. În contextul operei sale, Leah Konen rafinează aici mecanismele suspansului pe care le-a explorat și în Keep Your Friends Close sau You Should Have Told Me. Dacă în lucrările ulterioare miza este adesea familia sau maternitatea, în acest debut forța vine din izolarea absolută a victimei. Observăm o structură narativă densă. Tonul este urgent. Fiecare capitol răstoarnă certitudinile. Nu este doar un roman polițist, ci o explorare a instinctului de supraviețuire. Reținem atmosfera de noir modern care explodează într-un final imprevizibil. Este o cursă contra cronometru unde adevărul costă prea mult.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405944878
ISBN-10: 1405944870
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 132 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Despre autor

Leah Konen este o scriitoare independentă stabilită în San Francisco, cu o carieră solidă în zona thrillerelor psihologice contemporane. Și-a făcut debutul în ficțiune cu romanul „The After Girls”, consolidându-și ulterior reputația prin titluri de succes precum Keep Your Friends Close și The Perfect Escape. Stilul ei se remarcă prin explorarea relațiilor interpersonale toxice și a secretelor care distrug vieți aparent obișnuite. Experiența sa de jurnalist independent îi conferă prozei o precizie tăioasă și o capacitate deosebită de a construi suspansul prin detalii cotidiene.

Notă biografică

Leah Konen is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism and English literature. She's the author of several young adult novels, including Love and Other Train Wrecks and The Romantics.

 She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, NY, with her husband, their daughter, Eleanor, and their dog, Farley. One White Lie is her first thriller.

Recenzii

Intense, unpredictable and completely addictive - One White Lie is everything a great psychological thriller should be
Reads like the best Hitchcock film never made... Konen keeps the earth shifting beneath you as she expertly cranks up the suspense with a cast of characters as quietly slippery as they are intriguing and then, once she's you're on the edge of your seat with tension and unease, the twists keep on coming right up to the final page. I read it in one sitting. An assured and astonishing debut from an author destined to become a big name in thriller fiction
One White Lie hooked me from the start. This book has everything-engaging characters, a unique story, and an ending that will blow you away
Remarkably insidious. Puts a sick smile on your face. Extremely readable
It's rare that a novel keeps me guessing until the very last page-but One White Lie delivers in a big way. If you crave an escape from the real world, this is the book for you. It's absolutely terrific
Even the biggest thriller fan will struggle to guess the ending of this twisty, gorgeously written debut
One White Lie is compulsively readable. A gripping page-turner. The tension builds with every page. Each shocking twist is followed by an even more shocking twist. This is one of those books you'll want to read again the moment you finish. A masterful psychological thriller that will leave you breathless
I love Konen's writing style - One White Lie is super pacy and whizzes you along - before you know it, the minutes have turned into hours! I couldn't put it down until I knew how it ended
This fast-paced but nuanced thrill ride grabbed me on the first page and didn't let go. With spare, haunting prose, a tense and richly wrought setting, intricate plotting, and twists that would make Hitchcock himself gasp, One White Lie is a masterful debut. Thriller fans, meet your new favourite author
Leah Konen hits it out of the park with her debut suspense, One White Lie, in which a faked death goes horribly awry. Konen delivers with Lucy, who escapes to rustic Woodstock for a fresh start, only to discover her new neighbours are harbouring disturbing secrets of their own. A sly, up-all-night thriller that ends with a surprising bang
Believable twists imbue the narrative's urgency as each character's secrets are spilled and as Lucy's past catches up with her. Lucy's credible fears about Davis elicit empathy. Konen should win a new set of fans with this domestic thriller.
A swift, compelling thriller with unexpected swoops and swerves.

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It's only ONE WHITE LIE, until someone turns up dead . . . The No. 1 bestselling, utterly gripping psychological thriller that you won't be able to put down

'Intense, unpredictable and completely addictive' TM Logan

'An ending that will blow you away' Samantha Downing
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Imagine you've finally escaped the worst relationship of your life, running away with only a suitcase and a black eye - and you're terrified what will happen if he finds you.

Imagine your new next-door neighbours are the friends you so desperately needed - fun, kind, empathetic, very much in love.

Imagine that they're in trouble. That their livelihoods - even their lives - are at risk. They have a plan to keep all of you safe, but they just need you to tell one small lie.

One small lie, and all of these problems would disappear . . .

You'd do it. Wouldn't you?

It's only one small lie, until someone turns up dead.
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'A masterful psychological thriller' Lisa Regan

'Reads like the best Hitchcock film never made' Sarah Pinborough

'Remarkably insidious. Extremely readable' Caroline Kepnes

READERS ARE HOOKED BY ONE WHITE LIE

'Every word of this novel is a mystery. Wonderfully written with brilliant characters. I haven't read such a great book in a long time' 5***** Reader Review

'A compelling, gripping roller coaster of a ride . . . I couldn't put the book down until finished' 5***** Reader Review

'I would recommend this to anyone who wants to be able to read and feel their heart pounding at the same time' 5***** Reader Review

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IT'S ONLY ONE SMALL LIE . . . UNTIL SOMEONE TURNS UP DEAD

2020'S MOST GRIPPING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER, perfect for fans of Samantha Downing, Rachel Caine or Shari Lapena's The Couple Next Door

Imagine you've finally escaped the worst relationship of your life, running away with only a suitcase and a black eye.

Imagine your new next-door neighbours are the friends you so desperately needed - fun, kind, empathetic, very much in love.

Imagine they're in trouble. That someone is telling lies about them, threatening their livelihoods - and even their lives.

Imagine your ex is coming for you.

If your new best friends needed you to tell one small lie, and all of these problems would disappear, you'd do it . . . wouldn't you?

It's only one small lie, until someone turns up dead . . .

READERS ARE HOOKED BY ONE WHITE LIE

'A brilliantly written story that keeps you gripped from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review
'All the shades of noir converge in Leah Konen's One White Lie, to explode into an exhilaratingly tense and powerful thriller' 5***** Reader Review
'Every word of this novel is a mystery. Wonderfully written with brilliant characters. I haven't read such a great book in a long time' 5***** Reader Review
'A compelling, gripping roller coaster of a ride . . . I couldn't put the book down until finished'
'A real edge of seat page turner that makes you doubt your own perceptions until almost the end of the book!' 5***** Reader Review
'I would recommend this to anyone who wants to be able to read and feel their heart pounding at the same time' 5***** Reader Review