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The Other Guest: A twisty, thrilling and addictive psychological thriller beach read de Helen Cooper

The Other Guest: A twisty, thrilling and addictive psychological thriller beach read

Autor Helen Cooper
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 apr 2023

O liniște apăsătoare. Un soare care nu încălzește, ci demaskează. Aceasta este atmosfera pe care Helen Cooper o construiește cu precizie în The Other Guest. Simțim imediat tensiunea unei familii care a ales să uite. Amy a murit acum un an, dar pe malul lacului Garda, amintirea ei a fost ștearsă metodic. Credem că tăcerea rudelor lui Leah ascunde ceva mult mai sinistru decât un simplu accident. Ritmul narativ amintește de stilul alert din The House Sitter de Mira V Shah, dar structura este definită de un contrast geografic și emoțional brutal. Pendulăm între luxul rece al Italiei și nesiguranța domestică din Derby. Acolo, Joanna face o greșeală clasică: lasă un străin să treacă pragul casei sale. Putem afirma că autoarea excelează în a transforma spațiile sigure în capcane psihologice. Merită menționat că acest roman polițist rafinează temele explorate în lucrările sale anterioare, precum My Darling Boy sau The Couple in the Photo, unde secretele îngropate de mult timp ies la suprafață cu forță distructivă. Nu este doar o poveste despre pierdere, ci un joc periculos de tipul „șoarecele și pisica”. Identitățile sunt fluide. Intențiile sunt mascate. Fiecare capitol adaugă o piesă unui puzzle care refuză să se asambleze până la finalul imprevizibil.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781529330175
ISBN-10: 1529330173
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 130 x 196 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte celor care caută un suspans psihologic intens, perfect pentru vacanță. Dacă v-au captivat secretele de familie din In Her Wake de Amanda Jennings, veți aprecia modul în care Helen Cooper construiește neîncrederea între personaje. Cititorul câștigă o experiență imersivă, trecând de la peisajele idilice ale Italiei la o investigație personală curajoasă, unde adevărul este mai periculos decât tăcerea.

Despre autor

Helen Cooper este o prezență remarcabilă în peisajul literar contemporan, reușind să facă tranziția de la rigoarea academică la suspansul domestic de succes. Profesor la Universitatea din Cambridge, specializată în literatură medievală și renascentistă, ea aduce o profunzime neașteptată structurilor narative moderne. În lucrări precum The Other Guest, ea aplică o înțelegere fină a motivelor clasice de trădare și onoare, adaptându-le într-un context contemporan și accesibil, specific genului thriller.

Descriere

'An eerie and atmospheric mystery that kept me guessing from start to finish' Allie Reynolds, author of Shiver

One year ago, Leah's twenty-one-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned near her family-owned luxury resort on the shores of Lake Garda.

Now, returning to Italy for the first time since Amy's death, Leah is shocked to find her family seem to have erased all reminders of Amy. Despite the murky circumstances, they insist her death was an accident but Leah knows she must look deeper if she is to uncover the truth.

Meanwhile, in Derby, university counsellor Joanna is recovering from a surprising break-up when she is swept off her feet by a handsome bartender. But after she invites him into her home, Joanna is forced to accept that she doesn't know him as well as she thought.

What follows is a propulsive game of cat-and mouse as both women begin to realise that appearances can be deceptive - and that the darkest secrets often lie closest to home.

Recenzii

A luxury Italian resort with a dark side. A cast of suspicious, secretive characters. The Other Guest is an eerie and atmospheric mystery that kept me guessing from start to finish
Teased out against the slick and stylish backdrop of Lake Garda, The Other Guest had me simultaneously glued to my seat and wanting to jump on a flight. It served up the perfect combination of glamour, intrigue and sibling rivalry. I really enjoyed it!
Sinister and beautifully atmospheric, The Other Guest lures you with the promise of a luxury island before revealing its darker, claustrophobic side. I loved it.
A cleverly-plotted thriller in a luxurious and sun-drenched setting, where two seemingly-unconnected stories come together in a totally unexpected way. A great holiday read
An exquisite setting masks layers of secrets in this captivating thriller . . . beautifully written, powerfully conveyed, and swirling with mysteries you'll race to the last page to solve
Masterfully written, drawing you in to the lives of the fascinating characters as the tension builds and builds. Compelling, perfectly paced, and packed full of suspense
Difficult-to-put down thriller... Brilliantly characterized, boldly plotted, and boasting an ending that readers will think they have figured out only to have everything turned around. The perfect vacation thriller.
[A] strong psychological thriller...Credible characters enhance the suspenseful plot. Cooper remains a writer to watch.
In this captivating slow-burner, dark secrets lurk beneath a luxurious lakeside resort in Italy with mysterious connections to a handsome bartender in England. Helen Cooper deftly navigates between what seems like two completely separate narratives bundled in The Other Guest: One involves a murder hushed up by the victim's own family, and the other involves a blossoming romance. You'll be hooked on trying to solve this puzzle!
A masterpiece of storytelling with twist after unguessable twist. I relished every delicious page. If you can't actually go on holiday, just read this book and you're in a luxury Italian resort, you can smell it, taste it, feel it.

Notă biografică

Helen Cooper is from Derby. She has taught English and Academic Writing in both Further and Higher Education and was Head of Learning Enhancement at the University of Birmingham. She has a MA in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University and has been published in Writers' Forum, Mslexia, the Bath Short Story Prize Anthology (2014) and the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Anthology (2018). The Downstairs Neighbour was her first novel - her second, The Other Guest publishes in 2022.

Descriere scurtă

After a shocking death at a luxurious Italian resort, two very different women must question everything - and everyone - they love in order to untangle truth from lies