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The PostScript Murders de Elly Griffiths

The PostScript Murders

Autor Elly Griffiths
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 apr 2022

O moarte naturală. O femeie de 90 de ani cu probleme cardiace. Un caz închis înainte de a fi deschis. Dar ce se întâmplă când victima nu este doar o bătrână inofensivă, ci un „consultant de crimă” pentru scriitori de succes? Remarcăm cum Elly Griffiths construiește o tensiune insuportabilă pornind de la un detaliu banal: Peggy Smith știa prea multe despre cum se planifică asasinatul perfect. În The Postscript Murders, granița dintre paginile de beletristică și realitatea brutală se șterge rapid. Când îngrijitoarea Natalka este atacată cu o armă în apartamentul defunctei, DS Harbinder Kaur realizează că postfața unei cărți poate fi, de fapt, o listă de execuție. Ritmul narativ este alert, sacadat, purtându-ne din liniștea orașului Shoreham până în asprimea Aberdeen-ului. Suntem de părere că această structură de „mister literar” oferă o perspectivă proaspătă asupra genului polițist. Ritmul amintește de stilul lui Anthony Horowitz, dar structura este profund ancorată în psihologia detectivului Harbinder Kaur, personaj pe care autorul l-a explorat și în Bleeding Heart Yard. Dacă în seria Ruth Galloway Mysteries accentul cade pe arheologie, aici Elly Griffiths analizează mecanismele narative ale crimei. Este un joc de-a șoarecele și pisica unde indiciile sunt ascunse în mulțumirile autorilor de pe ultimele pagini ale romanelor.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780358695226
ISBN-10: 0358695228
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 132 x 201 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Harpercollins
Locul publicării:United States

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care savurează misterele cu tentă literară și umor fin. Veți câștiga o experiență de lectură tensionată, care omagiază clasicii genului, precum Agatha Christie, oferind în același timp un puzzle modern. Este alegerea ideală pentru cei care vor să vadă cum un „consultant de crimă” poate deveni propria victimă într-un scenariu demn de premiile CWA Gold Dagger.

Despre autor

Elly Griffiths este o prezență proeminentă în literatura polițistă contemporană, fiind distinsă cu prestigiosul Mary Higgins Clark Award. Este creatoarea celebrelor serii Dr Ruth Galloway și Magic Men, lucrările sale fiind constant lăudate pentru atmosfera densă și personajele memorabile. În The Postscript Murders, ea continuă să exploreze complexitatea detectivului Harbinder Kaur, personaj central și în alte lucrări de succes precum The Last Word sau colecția The Man in Black and Other Stories. Stilul său combină rigoarea procedurală cu o înțelegere profundă a mecanismelor narative.

Descriere scurtă

Murder leaps off the page when crime novelists begin to turn up dead in this intricate new novel by internationally best-selling author Elly Griffiths, a literary mystery perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Agatha Christie.

The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy’s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith’s passing.

But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy’s flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy. And each psychological thriller included a mysterious postscript: PS: for PS. When a gunman breaks into the flat to steal a book and its author is found dead shortly thereafter—Detective Kaur begins to think that perhaps there is no such thing as an unsuspicious death after all.

And then things escalate: from an Aberdeen literary festival to the streets of Edinburgh, writers are being targeted. DS Kaur embarks on a road trip across Europe and reckons with how exactly authors can think up such realistic crimes . . .

Recenzii

Praise for Elly Griffiths and THE POSTSCRIPT MURDERS Finalist for the CWA Gold Dagger Award  A Most Anticipated Title of 2021 from Crime Reads and The Buzz Magazines A Best Book of March from New York Post and PopSugar   "This droll romp is a latter-day Miss Marple.” —Washington Post  “A limitless talent, a novelist in the humane vein of Louise Penny and Kate Atkinson, Elly Griffiths is one of my flat-out favorite contemporary suspense writers. No matter the book—a Ruth Galloway mystery, a Magic Men caper, an ambitious, assured non-series thriller—she innovates and excites; I turn each final page both deeply satisfied and ravenous for more.” —AJ Finn   "A macabre ode to the mystery genre." —PopSugar   "A motley and charming trio of amateur sleuths...Griffiths’ strong sense of place—the sea is sparkling yet unsettling, Aberdeen’s cliffs beautiful yet unforgiving—provides a rich foundation for a cleverly constructed story with complex, memorable characters...A cozy bibliophile’s delight of a mystery that turns writerly research and acknowledgments into fodder for pivotal plot points, offers a tongue-in-cheek peek at the publishing business and pays tribute to friendships that transform into chosen families." —BookPage   “Delightful...Told with Griffiths's characteristic charm and gentleness.”  —Daily Mail   “A light-hearted, life-affirming celebration of crime fiction and the colourful characters that create it...Such witty and charming entertainment.”  —The Times   “Delicious, unadulterated entertainment.”  —Sunday Express   “This super-readable thriller will have you hooked.”  —The Sun     “A love letter to murder mysteries, wrapped up in a character-rich caper.”  —Sunday Mirror   “Griffiths assembles a vivid cast of characters, offering an enjoyably modern take on an old genre.”  —The Sunday Times   “If you're looking for a laugh and to travel on a murder hunt, The Postscript Murders is the read for you.”  —Daily Record   “An entertaining mystery for book-lovers.”  —Good Housekeeping   “Always an expert in building tension and creating atmosphere in her thrillers, Elly Griffiths' latest is no exception.”  —Woman's Weekly   “Dark and addictive.”  —Woman's Weekly Fiction   "Smart and complex...even a little comic. Very satisfying; the intelligence unmistakable and the characters made as knowable as those in The Stranger Diaries, and—well, and this is clearly just a writer to be trusted with as much of your attention as she asks for."  —Shawanjunk Journal   "Complex characters, hidden histories, and adept twists enrich the narrative. Readers will be enthralled." —Publishers Weekly   "Griffiths, author of the long-running Ruth Galloway series, follows the success of her first standalone, The Stranger Diaries (2019), win —

Notă biografică

Elly Griffiths is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway and Brighton mystery series, as well as the standalone novels The Stranger Diaries, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, The Postscript Murders, and Bleeding Heart Yard. She is the recipient of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in Brighton, England.

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The ultimate gripping murder mystery for winter nights, from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries

'Witty and charming' The Times
'This super-readable thriller will have you hooked' Sun

The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should absolutely not be suspicious. DS Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing to concern her in carer Natalka's account of Peggy Smith's death.

But when Natalka reveals that Peggy lied about her heart condition and that she had been sure someone was following her...

And that Peggy Smith had been a 'murder consultant' who plotted deaths for authors, and knew more about murder than anyone has any right to...

And when clearing out Peggy's flat ends in Natalka being held at gunpoint by a masked figure...

Well then DS Harbinder Kaur thinks that maybe there is no such thing as an unsuspicious death after all.

From the sleepy seaside town of Shoreham to the granite streets of Aberdeen, The Postscript Murders is a literary mystery for fans of Anthony Horowitz, Agatha Christie and anyone who's ever wondered just how authors think up such realistic crimes...

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