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Книги Beckett Simon
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Als seine Frau plötzlich stirbt, ist Ben am Boden zerstört. Allein Sarahs autistischer Sohn Jacob spendet ihm Trost. Aber während er die Schränke der Toten ausräumt, macht Ben eine grausame Entdeckung: Jacob war gar nicht Sarahs Kind. Offenbar hat sie den Jungen entführt, als der noch ein Baby war. Fassungslos macht sich Ben auf die Suche nach Jacobs leiblichen Eltern und gerät in einen Strudel tödlicher Obsessionen. |
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Somebody! I half-sob and then, more quietly, Please. The words seem absorbed by the afternoon heat, lost amongst the trees. In their aftermath, the silence descends again. I know then that I'm not going anywhere... Sean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of an isolated, lonely part of rural France at the height of a sweltering summer. Desperate to avoid the police, he takes to the parched fields and country lanes only to be caught in the vicious jaws of a trap. Near unconscious from pain and loss of blood, he is freed and taken in by two women — daughters of the owner of a rundown local farm with its ramshackle barn, blighted vineyard and the brooding lake. And it's then that Sean's problems really start... Superbly written, Stone Bruises is a classic nail-shredder of a thriller that holds you from the beginning. The narrative slowly, inexorably tightens its grip as the story unfurls and will keep you guessing until the unnerving and shocking final twist... |
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