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The Safe Place: the perfect addictive summer thriller for 2022 holiday reading de Anna Downes

The Safe Place: the perfect addictive summer thriller for 2022 holiday reading

Autor Anna Downes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 aug 2020

Subliniem forța unei voci narative care transformă imediat idila unei vacanțe franceze într-o capcană psihologică sufocantă. Găsim în această carte o Emily Proudman vulnerabilă, proiectată din haosul Londrei direct în liniștea suspectă a unei moșii izolate. Notăm cu interes cum Anna Downes folosește propria experiență de viață pentru a construi o atmosferă unde luxul devine amenințător. Nu există telefoane. Nu există străini. Nu există scăpare. Ritmul narativ amintește de Catherine Cooper în The Chateau, dar structura este mult mai intimă, concentrată pe micro-tensiunile dintre dădacă și familia angajatoare. Observăm o evoluție constantă a suspansului: de la întrebări inofensive despre tăcerea micuței Aurelia, până la certitudinea că în spatele fațadei strălucitoare se ascund secrete periculoase. Comparativ cu The Shadow House, lucrarea sa ulterioară care explorează tot tematica locuințelor cu secrete, The Safe Place mizează pe o izolare geografică extremă care amplifică paranoia. Tonul este tăios, iar capitolele sunt construite pentru a menține o stare de alertă permanentă. Această ediție în limba engleză demonstrează de ce Anna Downes a fost rapid catalogată drept o autoare de urmărit în peisajul literaturii de suspans contemporane. Este un roman despre prețul unui nou început și despre momentul în care siguranța devine o închisoare.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781529375091
ISBN-10: 1529375096
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care apreciază suspansul psihologic construit pe relații de putere și secrete de familie. Dacă v-au plăcut intrigile semnate de Ruth Ware sau Liane Moriarty, veți găsi aici o atmosferă similară, dar cu o notă mai claustrofobică. Este lectura ideală pentru cei care caută un ritm alert și o perspectivă proaspătă asupra conceptului de „loc sigur” care se dovedește a fi contrariul.

Descriere

NO PHONES
NO OUTSIDERS
NO ESCAPE

'An exciting and compelling new voice, Anna Downes' The Safe Place is a very accomplished debut' B.A. Paris, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dilemma

Rated 4.5 * on NetGalley, this international bestseller is perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Lesley Kara and Ruth Ware

A BEAUTIFUL HOME MIGHT HIDE DANGEROUS SECRETS

Emily Proudman has been offered the chance of a lifetime - leave her messy London life, move to a beautiful estate in France and help her boss' wife take care of their daughter, Aurelia. It seems like the perfect opportunity to start again.

But once there, Emily soon starts to suspect that her charismatic new employers aren't telling her the whole truth. That there are even dangerous secrets hidden beneath the glamourous facade.

Rather than throwing herself headlong into this oasis of wine-soaked days by the pool, Emily can't help but ask questions. Why have the family been moved to this isolated house so far from home? Why does Aurelia refuse to speak or be touched? Why are there whispers in the night?

The only problem is, the more Emily knows, the less chance there is she will ever be able to leave . . .

PRAISE FOR THE SAFE PLACE

'Tense and atmospheric with the seemingly idyllic, yet eerie, setting. A truly gripping read'
Karen Hamilton, bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend

'An outstanding debut. The Safe Place is destined to be a book club favourite'
Chris Hammer, award-winning author of Scrublands

'It's such a rare thing - a claustrophobic, addictive thriller that lets you actually feel for all of the characters involved'
Gytha Lodge, bestselling author of She Lies in Wait

'Compellingly disturbing. Anna Downes is a powerful story writer who will lull you into a false sense of security - and then pounce. An author to be watched'
Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife

'A brilliantly atmospheric novel that keeps you equally gripped and unsettled from page one. Starkly original and with an alarmingly plausible premise, this is destined to be a bestseller'
J.P. Pomare, bestselling author of Call Me Evie

'A dark and wonderful debut that lulls you in with beautiful prose and complex, believable characters, then beats you over the head with a killer plot and a thrilling climax. Everyone will be talking about this book!'
Christian White, bestselling author of The Nowhere Child

Recenzii

The tension ratchets up and up in this beautifully paced thriller - an outstanding debut which is atmospheric and populated by complex and sympathetic characters. You'll be thinking about them long after you've finished reading. The Safe Place is destined to be a book club favourite, as readers debate the morality and motivation driving the characters and plot
It's such a rare thing - a claustrophobic, addictive thriller that lets you actually feel for all of the characters involved. Anna has such skill in combining the heart-in-mouth feeling that everything is building to a disaster with genuine emotion
A brilliantly atmospheric novel that keeps you equally gripped and unsettled from page one. Starkly original and with an alarmingly plausible premise, this is destined to be a bestseller
The Safe Place is a dark and wonderful debut that lulls you in with beautiful prose and complex, believable characters, then beats you over the head with a killer plot and a thrilling climax. It's the kind of book you race through as quickly as you can so you can start it again. Everyone will be talking about this book!
The Safe Place is compellingly disturbing. Anna Downes is a powerful story writer who will lull you into a false sense of security - and then pounce. An author to be watched
I loved THE SAFE PLACE... it was tense and atmospheric with the seemingly idyllic yet eerie setting. A truly gripping read
An exciting and compelling new voice, Anna Downes' The Safe Place is a very accomplished debut
I was completely captivated, which, let me tell you, is rare these days. I loved the characters, how clearly they were painted, their quirks, their flaws and strengths, and I blazed through the book. Richly evocative with a dark, atmospheric heart, THE SAFE PLACE is seductive, irresistible and suspenseful. I was completely gripped from the first page to the pulse-pounding end. I recommend reading THE SAFE PLACE poolside with a strawberry margarita in hand. It's the perfect summer suspense. Five stars from me
As thrilling and gripping as everyone is saying. Can't wait to see this making a splash in the book world on its release. Put this on your #mustread list now
A gripping, brilliantly written thriller
The Safe Place by Anna Downes is truly a one-sitting read for me as once I'd started it, I honestly couldn't stop. Anna's writing is so immersive that I was with her protagonist Emily every step of the way until the very end, when I realized I'd forgotten to breathe! A mesmerizing debut
When something seems too good to be true, it probably is. A captivating narration by author Anna Downes adds that extra spark to her neo-gothic novel . . . Downes knows her characters and delivers them with professional expertise, original plotting, and a masterful performance. She creates an uneasy atmosphere from the first, adding layers of uncertainty that cause Emily (and the listener) to question reality. Chilling. Disturbing. A nail-biter to the end.
A great read and one that should be made in one sitting