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The Stranger Diaries de Elly Griffiths

The Stranger Diaries

Autor Elly Griffiths
en Limba Engleză Paperback – oct 2019

West Sussex, prezent. O școală cu ziduri vechi. O profesoară de engleză, Clare Cassidy, descoperă că ficțiunea poate ucide. Reținem atmosfera apăsătoare: o crimă recentă copiază fidel detaliile macabre dintr-o povestire gotică pe care Clare o predă la curs. Victima este chiar prietena ei. Lângă trup, o singură linie scrisă manual din „The Stranger”. Tensiunea crește instantaneu. Cineva cunoaște secretele lui Clare. Cineva a intrat în viața ei și rescrie realitatea după regulile unui gen literar întunecat. Observăm o structură narativă densă, unde paginile de jurnal devin martori tăcuți. Ritmul este alert, sacadat de frica personajului principal că următorul capitol îi aparține. Pe același raft cu The Dead House de Dawn Kurtagich, această carte se distinge prin modul în care deconstruiește mecanismele literaturii de suspans chiar în timp ce le folosește. Dacă în lucrările anterioare, precum The Last Word sau seria The Brighton Mysteries, Elly Griffiths explora misterul prin lentila detectivilor sau a arheologiei, în The Stranger Diaries ea plonjează direct în psihologia terorii domestice și a obsesiei literare. Notăm cu interes trecerea de la investigația clasică la un „Gothic modern” impecabil, unde granița dintre autor și criminal se șterge periculos. Nu este doar un roman polițist; este o interogație despre puterea cuvintelor de a modela frica. Finalul se apropie. Cine va fi următoarea victimă?

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780358117865
ISBN-10: 0358117860
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 133 x 210 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Harpercollins
Locul publicării:United States

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm The Stranger Diaries cititorilor care savurează misterele cu substrat literar și atmosferă victoriană transpusă în prezent. Câștigi o experiență de lectură stratificată, unde analizezi indiciile odată cu personajele. Este alegerea ideală pentru fanii Elly Griffiths care doresc să vadă o fațetă mai întunecată și mai experimentală a scriiturii sale, dincolo de seriile sale procedurale obișnuite.

Despre autor

Elly Griffiths este o prezență proeminentă în literatura polițistă contemporană, fiind autoarea celebrelor serii Dr Ruth Galloway și Magic Men. Recunoscută pentru capacitatea de a crea atmosfere pregnante, a fost distinsă cu prestigiosul premiu Mary Higgins Clark. În The Stranger Diaries, recompensat cu Premiul Edgar, Griffiths își demonstrează versatilitatea părăsind temporar structura de serie pentru a explora un thriller psihologic de sine stătător. Stilul ei combină precizia investigației moderne cu ecourile marilor maeștri ai genului gotic, transformând peisajele britanice în spații ale incertitudinii.

Descriere scurtă

International Bestseller

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel

"This lively whodunit keeps you guessing until the end." —People

Death lies between the lines when the events of a dark story start coming true in this haunting modern Gothic mystery, perfect for fans of Magpie Murders and The Lake House.

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she even teaches a course on him. But when one of Clare’s colleagues is found dead, with a line from Holland’s iconic story “The Stranger” left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with her favorite literature.

The police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her diary, the only outlet for her suspicions and fears. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn't hers, left on the page of an old diary:

Hallo Clare. You don’t know me.

Clare becomes more certain than ever: “The Stranger” has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?

Recenzii

Praise for The Stranger Diaries International Bestseller  Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel  Named Best Crime Book of the Year by the Times A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book of 2019 An iBooks Most Anticipated Book of 2019 A Crime by the Book Most Anticipated Book 2019  A Bustle Spring 2019 March Read   "This lively whodunit keeps you guessing until the end."  —People    "The Stranger Diaries is an utterly mesmerizing thriller. If you like chilling thrillers, this is what you should be reading next."  —Washington Book Review   "An entertaining collision of spooks and modern manners...firmly among the finest of modern gothic."  —BookPage   "Griffiths’ exceptional standalone THE STRANGER DIARIES is a spring 2019 must-read...Griffiths masterfully blends Gothic influence with modern-day suspense sensibility, and the result is effortless, spine-tingling, page-turning fun...accessible and seriously entertaining, while remaining rich in atmosphere as well...I loved this book."  —Crime by the Book   "Packs its punches with the creepy factor."  —The Genre Minx   “The perfect Gothic suspense novel to snuggle with under the covers and with a cup of tea.”  —Ludwig's Thrillers  “Utterly bewitching. This atmospheric, intricate thriller, a pitch-perfect modern Gothic, chilled my blood and warmed my heart. As unforgettable as it is original.”  —A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Woman in the Window   “My heart is still pounding after finishing Elly Griffiths’ The Stranger Diaries. As with her other books, this is fiercely intelligent, warm, human and at times, funny. But unlike her others, this is a stand-alone. Her first and I hope not her last. The Stranger Diaries picks up where the great Gothic thrillers of the past leave off.  At once a homage to that great literary form, and a re-imagining.  It is goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting, in every sense.  I loved this book!  And you will too.”  —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series   "A multi-layered and splendidly creepy gothic tale...Cliffhangers and gothic tropes abound as the narrative baton is passed between Clare, her daughter Georgia and the former Talgarth pupil DS Harbinder Kaur, with Griffiths expertly ratcheting up the tension."  —Guardian   "Griffiths has gifted readers with a gripping homage to the gothic novel...An entrancing literary tour de force in which Shakespeare’s line, 'Hell is empty,' from The Tempest, cleverly connects past and present. Georgette Heyer fans will relish this, as will readers who enjoyed Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale​ and Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders​." —Booklist, STARRED review   “The Stranger Diaries can be described in one word: delicious! Who could resist the gothic tale from the past, the spooky old school (so like those we all attended in England) all beautifully blended with very real and compelling characters in the present. Top marks to Miss Griffiths!”  —Rhys Bowen,New York Times-bestselling author of The Tuscan Child, In Farleigh Field and t —

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 TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR. THE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK.

'Utterly bewitching ... a pitch-perfect modern Gothic' AJ FINN, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time?

This is what the police know: English teacher Clare Cassidy's friend Ella has just been murdered. Clare and Ella had recently fallen out. Found beside the body was a line from The Stranger, a story by the Gothic writer Clare teaches, and the murder scene is identical to one of the deaths in the story.

This is what Clare knows: No one else was aware of her fight with Ella. Few others have even read The Stranger. Someone has wormed their way into her life and her work. They know her darkest secrets. And they don't mean well.

This is what the killer knows: Who will be next to die.

'Compelling, intelligent and increasingly mesmerising' PETER JAMES

'Picks up where the great Gothic thrillers of the past leave off ... goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting. I loved this book! And you will too' LOUISE PENNY