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The Grief House

Autor Rebecca Thorne
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 ian 2024

La prima vedere, The Grief House pare a fi un spațiu de vindecare, un conac rural idilic unde liniștea ar trebui să aline pierderea. Însă, pe măsură ce ploaia se transformă în furtună și apele încep să crească, cititorul descoperă o structură mult mai fragilă și mai întunecată, unde izolarea nu este un privilegiu, ci o capcană. Remarcăm modul în care Rebecca Thorne construiește o tensiune mocnită, transformând un refugiu fără Wi-Fi sau telefoane într-un decor de coșmar, în care singura certitudine este că fiecare personaj ascunde ceva.

Atmosfera te trimite cu gândul la Bright and Deadly Things, deși aici claustrofobia nu este doar fizică, ci și emoțională, explorând mecanismele doliului și ale vinovăției prin ochii lui Blue, o fostă cititoare în tarot. Apreciem lirismul scriiturii, care contrastează puternic cu momentele de suspans brutal, oferind profunzime personajelor într-un context de mister clasic. Subliniem că, spre deosebire de lucrările sale recente din seria Tomes & Tea, precum Can't Spell Treason Without Tea sau A Pirate's Life for Tea — cunoscute pentru tonul lor cald și elementele de „cosy fantasy” — acest roman marchează o revenire la rădăcinile sale de scriitoare de proză polițistă sub umbrela Raven Books. Dacă în fanteziile sale anterioare Rebecca Thorne explora confortul și aventura, în The Grief House ea sondează abisurile psihologice, păstrând totodată acea atenție meticuloasă pentru detalii și structură care i-a definit cariera sub numele de Rebecca Tinnelly.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781526656285
ISBN-10: 1526656280
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Raven Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care apreciază proza polițistă atmosferică, unde decorul devine un personaj în sine. Este o lectură ideală pentru cei care caută o explorare profundă a traumei, mascată de un mister clasic de tip „locked-room”. Veți câștiga o experiență de lectură tensionată, care demonstrează versatilitatea autoarei în a trece de la fantezie la suspans psihologic rafinat.


Caracteristici

BESTSELLER POTENTIAL: Locked-room thrillers are hugely popular, consistently hitting the bestseller lists. This is for fans of The Sanatorium and Lucy Foley - but has a fresh twist for readers ready for the next thing.

Notă biografică

Rebecca Thorne studied English Literature at University, and now works as a reader for Faber Academy. She lives in the West Country and divides her time between the Mendip Hills and Bristol. She is the author of two previous bestselling novels under the name Rebecca Tinnelly: Never Go There and Don't Say A Word.

Descriere scurtă

Everyone is lyingBut the dead know the truthA week-long grief retreat on a beautiful country estate with no phones and no wifi isn't ex-tarot reader Blue's usual getaway. But ever since her mother's death she's been carrying a secret. Could this finally help her let it go?When she arrives, it's raining, and there's something strange about the house. Only a few guests have made it through the weather. As the owners, Molly and Joshua Park, try desperately to cling to normality, the storm worsens until they're stranded in the house - cut off from the outside world.And after one of the guests disappears in the night, Blue wonders who around her, the Parks and the guests, is telling the truth about why they're there - and whose grief might be hiding a deeper secret. The floodwater rises. Everyone is keeping secrets - but only one is a killer. Can Blue escape with her life, and her sanity?------------------'Guaranteed to chill you to the bone' Rebecca Netley'Kept me turning pages long into the night' Chris Whitaker 'Chilling, claustrophobic and creepy as hell' Jo Jakeman

Recenzii

A compulsive, atmospheric thriller, Thorne's bewitching prose had me hooked from the first page
A brooding, haunting and deeply heartfelt thriller that kept me turning the pages long into the night
An emotional, constantly tense, scary and yet ultimately utterly human story that pulled me in and wrung me out. One of my absolute books of the year
Beautifully written and with supernatural elements guaranteed to chill you to the bone. This compelling novel will snatch you up and not put you down again until you've finished
The Grief House is a sublime novel. Atmospheric and beautiful, it will chill your blood and haunt your dreams long after you turn the final page
Dark and haunting, this is a book to be read at night with the curtains drawn. Beautifully written, I didn't want the story to end
Dark and creepy and deeply satisfying, this will be lapped up by fans of both Susan Hill and Sarah Pinborough
Steeped in mysteries and floodwaters alike, the supposed sanctuary of The Grief House is anything but... With beautifully drawn characters, a perfectly realised atmosphere and a plot that won't let go, this is a terrific read
Chilling, claustrophobic and creepy as hell. Loved it!
The Grief House grips from page one. With lyrical writing and a tense, claustrophobic atmosphere that builds with the floodwater, this story of secrets and loss will keep you up at night as you race to the finish
I dare you to step inside The Grief House ... a tense supernatural thriller, possessed by the spirits of a dark past. I was hooked and haunted from the very first page!
Rebecca Thorne's The Grief House is a truly original story, with a compelling, in-depth exploration of grief, trauma and healing. I was totally gripped by the gradual, skilful revelation of Blue's story, and the ways in which her mother's obsessions marked her life. The setting is masterfully depicted, with the tension rising in tandem with the flood waters threatening the house. An absolute page-turner, this is a must for thriller fans

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A deeply atmospheric mystery with a twist: a grief retreat, an ex-tarot reader - and a murderer who thought they'd escaped