Christopher Swann crea narrazioni che approfondiscono relazioni complesse e dilemmi morali, spesso ambientate sullo sfondo del Sud americano e del suo distinto arazzo culturale. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da acuta intuizione psicologica e una prosa ricca e suggestiva che attira profondamente il lettore nei suoi mondi. Il lavoro di Swann esplora attentamente temi di identità e appartenenza, stimolando una profonda riflessione. La sua voce distintiva offre un avvincente mix di lirismo poetico e narrazione diretta.
Susannah Faulkner embarks on a perilous journey across the U.S. to confront a formidable adversary who instills fear in her heart and threatens her loved ones. As she navigates a landscape filled with both allies and enemies from her tumultuous past, the stakes rise in her quest for vengeance against her sinister counterpart. The narrative explores themes of danger, resilience, and the complexities of confronting one's demons.
Orphaned at ten, Susannah Faulkner has navigated a tumultuous life marked by violence and defiance. Her journey takes a turn when she learns her brother Ethan is in trouble and rushes back to Atlanta, only to find her Uncle Gavin in critical condition. His cryptic message, "Peaches," ignites her quest for answers while Ethan faces threats from an ex-soldier seeking stolen money linked to their father. As gang tensions rise, Susannah must confront her past and protect her family in a high-stakes battle for survival.
Acclaimed Southern mystery master Christopher Swann delivers a novel perfect for fans of Linwood Barclay and Michael Farris Smith.Nick Anthony has retreated to the North Carolina mountains to mourn the untimely death of his wife. Once a popular professor, Nick just wants to be left alone with his grief. But when his estranged brother and sister-in-law die in a house fire, a stunned Nick learns he has a niece, Annalise, who is missing. At the scene of the crime, the men who set the fire have realized Annalise, and the information they are looking for, got away. Feverish and exhausted, she stumbles onto her uncle's porch, throwing Nick into the middle of the mystery of her parents’ death and the dangerous criminals hunting her down. Hired to retrieve the stolen information at any price, private military contractor Cole and his team track Annalise to Nick’s cabin. But Nick has a hidden past of his own—and more than a few deadly tricks up his sleeve.
"Ethan Faulkner is a precocious child with a brilliant but troublesome sister, a war vet for a father, and a weary mother trying to manage their family. One night a young woman rings their doorbell, desperate to hide from two men who are pursuing her, when one of the two barges in after her. The struggle leaves both of Ethan's parents dead. Years later, Ethan has a successful teaching career and a budding relationship with a coworker. But he hasn't quite followed through on his promise to his dying father - to take care of his sister. Susannah is not an easy person to keep tabs on, is a handful even when the tabs are kept, and quite frankly, Ethan wants her to suffer for preventing him from getting to his dad before he died all those years ago. It was a long time ago and Ethan tries to put all of it behind him. But that's easier said than done. When news of a brutal murder breaks with evidence pointing to Ethan as the prime suspect, all the painful memories of his past come rushing to meet him"--Provided by publisher
A debut literary thriller about a young man returning to his alma mater - a boy's boarding school in Virginia - to solve the decade-old mystery of his former room mates disappearance.