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The Unheard: A Novel

Autor Nicci French
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 oct 2021

În structura narativă a romanului The Unheard, observăm o construcție minuțioasă a vulnerabilității, unde un obiect aparent banal — un desen de copil — devine catalizatorul unei prăbușiri în paranoia și nesiguranță. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care autorii folosesc perspectiva limitată a unei mame care, deși convinsă că fiica sa a fost martora unei crime, se lovește de zidul de neîncredere al celor din jur. Această izolare psihologică transformă o situație domestică obișnuită într-un scenariu de coșmar, unde granița dintre protecția maternă și obsesie devine periculos de subțire. În tradiția lui Sophie Hannah, acest roman reinterpretează tema secretelor care refuză să rămână îngropate, însă Nicci French aduce o notă distinctă prin accentul pus pe limbajul non-verbal al traumei infantile. Dacă în Woman with a Secret suspansul derivă din încercarea de a ascunde trecutul, aici tensiunea se naște din efortul disperat de a descifra un prezent mut. The Unheard se poziționează ca o evoluție a temelor explorate în The Last Days of Kira Mullan sau The Favour, rafinând acea atmosferă de neliniște halucinantă care a consacrat duo-ul britanic. Subliniem finețea cu care este descris procesul de instrainare a protagonistei față de propria realitate, o temă recurentă în opera lor, unde siguranța căminului este mereu o iluzie fragilă. Ritmul este unul calculat, lăsând spațiu cititorului să analizeze fiecare indiciu alături de Tess, într-o cursă contra cronometru pentru a preveni o tragedie pe care nimeni altcineva nu o vede.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780063137769
ISBN-10: 0063137763
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow

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Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care apreciază romanele polițiste centrate pe psihologia umană și pe tensiunea domestică. Este o lectură despre instinctul matern pus la încercare și despre dificultatea de a fi crezut într-o lume a adulților sceptici. Câștigați o perspectivă fascinantă asupra modului în care traumele se pot manifesta în subconștientul unui copil, totul într-un ambalaj de suspans britanic de cea mai înaltă calitate.


Despre autor

Nicci French este pseudonimul literar al celebrului cuplu de scriitori și jurnaliști britanici Nicci Gerrard și Sean French. Specializați în thrillerul psihologic, aceștia au semnat numeroase bestselleruri internaționale, printre care „Secret Smile” și „Killing Me Softly”, fiind recunoscuți pentru capacitatea de a sonda cele mai întunecate unghere ale minții umane. Opera lor, care include și populara serie „Frieda Klein”, este definită de o documentare riguroasă și de o înțelegere profundă a dinamicii relațiilor interumane sub presiune, elemente care se regăsesc din plin și în cel mai recent titlu al lor, The Unheard.


Descriere scurtă

“Nicci French is a specialist in the kind of evil that burrows from within.” —New York Times Book Review
In this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author that People calls “razor sharp,” a single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when the girl draws a disturbing picture—but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything. 
Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It’s not that Jason is a bad father—it just hurts to see him enjoying married life with someone else. Still, she owes it to her daughter Poppy to make this arrangement work.
But Poppy returns from the weekend tired and withdrawn. And when she shows Tess a crayon drawing—an image so simple and violent that Tess can hardly make sense of it——Poppy can only explain with the words, “He did kill her.”
Something is horribly wrong. Tess is certain Poppy saw something—or something happened to her—that she’s too young to understand. Jason insists the weekend went off without a hitch. Doctors advise that Poppy may be reacting to her parents’ separation. And as the days go on, even Poppy’s disturbing memory seems to fade. But a mother knows her daughter, and Tess is determined to discover the truth. Her search will set off an explosive tempest of dark secrets and buried crimes—and more than one life may be at stake.
 

Recenzii

"Fans of psychological thrillers with seemingly vulnerable but empowered women who take drastic action to save their families will love this nerve-jangling story." — Library Journal (starred review)
"The English writing team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French delivers another well-plotted winner... fans will devour it." — Booklist on The Unheard
“With such a unique storyline… the author was able to provide multiple distractions to keep the ending a surprise. The added twist makes it especially interesting as a bit of a bait-and-switch technique… another satisfying story packed with suspense.”  — Novels Alive on The Unheard
"Razor-sharp writing by French expertly amps the tension." — People on The Lying Room
“Full of unexpected turns . . . . Immensely satisfying.”  — New York Times Book Review on House of Correction
"Nicci French will leave readers questioning everything they think they know." — Popsugar on House of Correction
"Ingenious . . . French’s best book yet . . . This house of correction is booby-trapped with twists, the floors paved with trapdoors, quicksand churning in the garden. Enter if you dare."
A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window, on House of Correction
“Seamlessly shifts from prison drama to procedural to legal thriller—and finally to an ingenious twist on the locked-room mystery. French continues to impress.”  — Publishers Weekly on House of Correction

Notă biografică

Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than 16 million copies around the world.


Descriere

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THE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE
 
‘He did killKill and kill and kill.’
 
Tess’s number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy’s father Jason means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe.
 
When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter’s brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words.
 
But no one will listen. It’s only a child’s drawing, isn’t it?
 
Tess will protect Poppy, whatever the price. But when she doesn’t know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she possibly know who to trust . . . ?  

'Confirms Nicci French as the giant of the genre' Erin Kelly

‘An intense, brilliantly crafted thriller that hums with menace from start to finish' TM Logan

                                                                                                              
Praise for Nicci French:
 
‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish
‘Meticulously plotted, psychologically astute’ Sarah Vaughan
'A heart-wrenchingly plausible spiral into paranoia, fear and unbearable tension. Literally pulse-pounding' Christopher Brookmyre
'Totally absorbing. Such great plotting and characters, but also so human and full of insights about ordinary life and relationships. That's what always sets Nicci French’s work apart - it makes the narrative feel so real' Sabine Durrant
'I love Nicci French’s books, and with The Unheard they are right at the top of their game. Few crime writers can match their psychological acuity, of their ability to lead a reader through dizzying plot twists without ever losing pace. It’s an absolute masterclass of crime writing' Kate Rhodes
'Utterly absorbing, brilliantly plotted, twisty and original' Rachel Abbott
‘Great writing, razor-sharp plotting, and powerful characterisation. I was 100 pages in before I even drew breath, and I defy anyone to see the ending coming’ Cara Hunter
‘It’s Nicci French perfection – which, as we all know, is the best kind of perfection. So, so gripping and brilliantly clued' Sophie Hannah
‘What an intriguing, compelling page-turner. I ate it up in two days’ Liz Nugent
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I love Nicci French’s books, and with The Unheard they are right at the top of their game. Few crime writers can match their psychological acuity, or their ability to lead a reader through dizzying plot twists  without ever losing pace. It’s an absolute masterclass of crime writing' Kate Rhodes
'The Unheard is elegant and beguiling, masterfully crafted, with an almost hallucinatory sense of jangling unease' C. M. Ewan
’Taut, well-paced and frighteningly familiar, I found it difficult to put down and hard to forget' Polly Phillips
'A mesmerising portrait of a child under stress, observed obsessively because every tiny trait is a possible clue to an important crime’ Sunday Times
‘A haunting investigation of our darkest fears’ Mail on Sunday