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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Well written and engrossing and almost like two books in one with the helicopter crash and then the mystery of the 3 gruesome murders. A great little read that will have you reaching for the hot water bottle as you can feel the chill seeping off the pages! ( ) This is a twisty thriller set in a small alpine village. Just when you think you’ve got it all worked out, there’s another twist. The setting is a character in itself, sinister and dangerous. The writing is engaging and praise is also due to the translator. There were times when I’d wonder where the story was going and if we’d ever get there, but looking back, it’s clear that all of the events were necessary for the finale. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. D'Andrea's Beneath the Mountain may not be for every reader of suspense, but I thought it was absolutely breathtaking.Full of atmosphere and mystery, as well as believable characters who pull the story along just as much as the plot, this is a masterfully crafted novel of literary suspense. It's not the typical suspense novel, it's true--much of the tension comes and goes, and it's undeniably tied to the struggling protagonist, but D'Andrea does such a gorgeous job of building the novel's peaks and allowing the characters to breathe their own lives, I found the book impossible to put down. For readers who want character-driven suspense and mystery, that characters as much about subtleties of character as it does high-octane drama (though it's got that to spare also), I'd absolutely recommend this book. It kept me guessing, and it's made me a fan of the author for life. Absolutely recommended.
Het hart van het kwaad is de eerste thriller van de Italiaanse schrijver Luca D’Andrea. En om maar gelijk met de deur in huis te vallen, zijn thrillerdebuut is meer dan geslaagd te noemen. Het boek vertelt het verhaal van Jeremiah Salinger, een succesvolle Amerikaanse scenarioschrijver, die na een drukke periode samen met zijn vrouw Annelise en zijn dochtertje na de Italiaanse Dolomieten vertrekt om tot rust te komen...lees verder > Belongs to Publisher Series
New York City native Jeremiah Salinger is one half of a hot-shot documentary-making team. He and his partner, Mike, made a reality show about roadies that skyrocketed them to fame. But now Salinger's left that all behind, to move with his wife, Annelise, and young daughter, Clara, to the remote part of Italy where Annelise grew up-the Alto Adige. Nestled in the Dolomites, this breathtaking, rural region that was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire remains more Austro than Italian. Locals speak a strange, ancient dialect-Ladino-and root for Germany (against Italy) in the world cup. Annelise's small town-Siebenhoch-is close-knit to say the least and does not take kindly to out-of-towners. When Salinger decides to make a documentary about the mountain rescue group, the mission goes horribly awry, leaving him the only survivor. He blames himself, and so-it seems-does everyone else in Siebenhoch. Spiraling into a deep depression, he begins having terrible, recurrent nightmares. Only his little girl Clara can put a smile on his face. But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach Gorge-a canyon rich in fossil remains-he accidentally overhears a conversation that gives his life renewed focus. In 1985, three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found. Although Salinger knows this is a tightlipped community, one where he is definitely persona non grata, he becomes obsessed with solving this mystery and is convinced it is all that can keep him sane. And as Salinger unearths the long kept secrets of this small town, one by one, the terrifying truth is eventually revealed about the horrifying crime that marked an entire village. Completely engrossing and deeply atmospheric, Beneath The Mountain is a thriller par excellence. No library descriptions found. |
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