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The Devil Aspect: ‘A blood-pumping, nerve-shredding thriller' de Craig Russell

The Devil Aspect: ‘A blood-pumping, nerve-shredding thriller'

Autor Craig Russell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2019

Simțiți frigul tăios al munților cehoslovaci și mirosul de igrasie al zidurilor Castelului Vulturilor. Suntem de părere că atmosfera este personajul principal aici. Tensiunea se acumulează sufocant. Suntem în 1935. Europa fierbe sub amenințarea războiului, dar în interiorul unui azil izolat, răul are o formă mult mai concretă. Șase criminali sadici își așteaptă judecata clinică. Viktor Kosárek, un psihiatru vizionar, încearcă să le descifreze mințile întunecate. În același timp, străzile Pragăi sunt însângerate de un ucigaș care pare să imite legendele urbane cele mai negre. Putem afirma că ritmul narațiunii este unul de coșmar controlat. Capitolele alternează între claustrofobia azilului și vânătoarea de oameni din oraș. Totul converge spre o întrebare terifiantă: există o legătură între nebunia celor închiși și monstrul care bântuie liber? Amintește de Dark Asylum de E. S. Thomson prin decorul medical de epocă și senzația de amenințare iminentă, dar se diferențiază prin dimensiunea sa mitologică și explorarea profundă a folclorului central-european. The Devil Aspect marchează o evoluție în opera lui Craig Russell. Dacă în seria Lennox autorul explora noir-ul urban postbelic, aici plonjează direct în horror psihologic și gotic. Este o construcție mult mai ambițioasă decât Hyde, păstrând însă precizia chirurgicală a detaliului polițist pe care Russell o stăpânește perfect.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472128331
ISBN-10: 1472128338
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 124 x 196 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această lectură celor care caută un roman polițist cu nuanțe de horror clasic. Veți câștiga o incursiune fascinantă în începuturile psihiatriei moderne, totul ambalat într-un mister istoric de o intensitate rară. Este alegerea perfectă dacă v-au plăcut atmosferele din „Tăcerea mieilor” sau „Alienistul”, oferind un final care vă va forța să reevaluați tot ce ați citit până în acel punct.

Despre autor

Craig Russell (născut în 1956) este un autor britanic de succes, a cărui experiență de fost ofițer de poliție aduce o autenticitate brutală scrierilor sale. Este singurul cetățean străin care a primit distincția „Polizeistern” din partea poliției din Hamburg. Recunoscut pentru măiestria cu care îmbină genul crime cu elementele istorice și psihologice, Russell a câștigat premii prestigioase precum CWA Dagger in the Library și McIlvanney Prize. Lucrările sale sunt traduse în 25 de limbi, confirmându-i statutul de maestru al suspansului european contemporan.

Descriere

'A masterclass in suspenseful, character-driven prose fiction. Simply exceptional'
Frank Darabont, writer and director of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile

'The best twist I have ever read' (Michael Ridpath, author of Traitor's Gate)

'Breathtaking'
(Daily Mail)

'Wildly entertaining . . . truly frightening'
(New York Times)
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How do you find a killer when you're surrounded by madness?

1935. As Europe prepares itself for a calamitous war, six homicidal lunatics - the so-called 'Devil's Six' - are confined in a remote castle asylum in rural Czechoslovakia. Each patient has their own dark story to tell and Dr Viktor Kosárek, a young psychiatrist using revolutionary techniques, is tasked with unlocking their murderous secrets.

At the same time, a terrifying killer known as 'Leather Apron' is butchering victims across Prague. Successfully eluding capture, it would seem his depraved crimes are committed by the Devil himself. Maybe they are... and what links him with the insane inmates of the Castle of the Eagles?

Only the Devil knows. And it is up to Viktor to find out.
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'Deep, dark, and twisty . . . a gripping masterpiece of a thriller!' Alex Grecian, New York Times bestselling author of The Yard

'Elegant, edgy, ingenious' A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

'Drags you into its dark world kicking and screaming . . . gets under your skin slowly, then goes deep, like the tip of a butcher knife' New York Times

'Sensational . . . twists are jaw-dropping . . . a mind-blowing story line that will appeal to fans of Caleb Carr and Thomas Harris' Publishers Weekly

' A thrilling, twisting trip through the darkest corridors of the human mind' Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse

'A tour de force: a clever and visceral thriller' Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling author

'Dark, stylish and packed with jaw-dropping twists . . . an astonishing piece of work' M. W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show

'A superior thriller, at once stylish, absorbing and compulsive' Laura Carlin, author of The Wicked Cometh

'Well-crafted gothic crime . . . smart, atmospheric' Kirkus Reviews

'A Gothic masterpiece in psychological horror and creeping dread ' Neil Broadfoot, author of No Man's Land

'Deliciously authentic and darkly atmospheric' Graham Smith, author of Death in the Lakes

Recenzii

A splendidly Gothic story, inspired by European folklore, it asks difficult questions about how we judge evil - including whether the Devil can show himself in human form. It is breathtaking.
A wildly entertaining story that grabs you on page 1 and drags you into its dark world kicking and screaming . . . a truly frightening story, one that gets under your skin slowly, then goes deep, like the tip of a butcher knife. I read the novel one snowy night by the fire, unable to sleep until I finished, then unable to sleep once I had
A blood-pumping, nerve-shredding thriller - elegant, edgy, ingenious. Craig Russell conjures not one but two unforgettable settings: Prague between the wars, pulsing with menace, and a Gothic mental asylum, as exciting a house of horrors as I've ever visited. You'll enter both with dread. You'll dwell in them with relish
Steeped in the chilling folklore of Eastern Europe and echoing the dread of a barbaric war to come, The Devil Aspect snatches the reader by the lapels for a thrilling, twisting trip through the darkest corridors of the human mind
A tour de force: a clever and visceral thriller with a one-two-three knockout of an ending that left me dazed.
Deep, dark, and twisty, The Devil Aspect will keep you up all night reading... With all the lights on Russell has created a gripping masterpiece of a thriller!
Dark, stylish and packed with jaw-dropping twists, The Devil Aspect stayed with me long after I'd turned the final page. Part Gothic horror, part crime thriller, it's an astonishing piece of work
A Gothic masterpiece in psychological horror and creeping dread, The Devil Aspect is as disturbing as it is compelling. Be prepared to read it in one sitting - and to sleep with the lights on for a long time to come
Well-crafted gothic crime . . . more twists than a Chubby Checker album. A smart, atmospheric, and entertaining read
A superior thriller, at once stylish, absorbing and compulsive . . . a taut and chilling tale, expertly crafted against the backdrop of ethnic tensions in pre-Second World War Czechoslovakia . . . I was gripped from the very first page right up to that haunting denouement
Deliciously authentic and darkly atmospheric . . . a game-changer for the world of crime fiction
Sensational serial killer novel . . . in which twists are both jaw-dropping and logical . . . a mind-blowing story line that will appeal to fans of Caleb Carr and Thomas Harris
How do you find a killer when you're surrounded by madness?

1935. As Europe prepares itself for a calamitous war, six homicidal lunatics - the so-called 'Devil's Six' - are confined in a remote castle asylum in rural Czechoslovakia. Each patient has their own dark story to tell and Dr Viktor Kosárek, a young psychiatrist using revolutionary techniques, is tasked with unlocking their murderous secrets.

At the same time, a terrifying killer known as 'Leather Apron' is butchering victims across Prague. Successfully eluding capture, it would seem his depraved crimes are committed by the Devil himself.
Maybe they are... and what links him with the insane inmates of the Castle of the Eagles?

Only the Devil knows. And it is up to Viktor to find out.

'A gripping masterpiece of a thriller' Alex Grecian

'Dark, stylish and packed with jaw-dropping twists... an astonishing piece of work' M W Craven