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Tom Wood

    1 gennaio 1978

    Questo autore è noto per la sua avvincente esplorazione di temi che appaiono nella sua vasta serie e nelle opere autonome. Le sue narrazioni spesso approfondiscono intricati paesaggi psicologici e trame avvincenti. Si concentra su trame ricche di suspense e personaggi con cui il lettore può identificarsi, mantenendolo coinvolto. Le sue opere offrono una miscela unica di brivido e profonda indagine umana.

    Tom Wood
    The Final Hour
    Claptrap
    Better Off Dead
    The Game
    Tom Wood
    Nemico
    • Victor ha un talento naturale per l'omicidio. Sicario abile e spietato si trova costretto a lavorare per conto di un misterioso agente della CIA: tre sconosciuti, tre colpi. Ma il lavoro non è veloce e pulito come avrebbe voluto. Man mano che il killer elimina le sue vittime, si rende conto che il gioco si fa sempre più complesso, intricato e letale. Nel suo mestiere non è sempre facile tracciare una linea netta tra nemici e alleati, ma Victor si accorge di essere nel mezzo di una guerra segreta, dove l'unica regola è l'assenza di regole. Non tarda a scoprire di essere uno strumento nelle mani di poteri più forti e, soprattutto, di essere lui stesso nel mirino: l'assassino perfetto è diventato il bersaglio perfetto. Con una donna da proteggere, accerchiato da agenti segreti del Mossad, potenti trafficanti di armi internazionali e squadre omicide al soldo di ignoti avversari, Victor sceglierà di non fidarsi più di nessuno. La posta in gioco si alza minuto dopo minuto.

      Nemico
    • Tom Wood

      • 120pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      Their faces lined and weary, their clothing altered by ever-changing fashions--the people who ride buses everyday are hardly the stuff of photographs. But the pictures Tom Wood has taken during 20 years of travel on Liverpool's buses are much more than documents of mass transit in England. Rather, they transport viewers and riders alike on an odyssey in which the unspectacular becomes interesting. Seen only through the windows of a bus, the streets, buildings, parks, traffic, and pedestrians of Liverpool are recreated from a human and accessible perspective. The bus itself becomes a predominantly visual space, a metal box with vast areas of glass, a viewfinder that creates an inherent narrative as it moves though a city transformed into pictorial space.

      Tom Wood
    • The Game

      • 512pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      Full of white-hot tension and edge-of-the-seat action, The Game confirms Tom Wood as the most talented British thriller writer today, and Victor as the most unique antihero.

      The Game
    • Victor, a hitman without a conscience protects a human rights lawyer in Better Off Dead, the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club pick. A hitman must be anonymous, amoral... and alone Victor is the face in the crowd you don't see, a perfect assassin with nothing to live for. But when an old friend turns to him for help, he finds he can't refuse. For once his objective isn't to kill, but to protect. Hunted through the streets of London by ruthless enemies, Victor needs to be more than just a bodyguard... but his every move leads danger closer to the very person he's vowed to defend. Published in the US as No Tomorrow.

      Better Off Dead
    • Claptrap

      A Comedy in Two Acts

      • 122pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      Exploring the colonial mentality in Canadian theatre festivals, this satirical work critiques the cultural dynamics and power structures at play. Through sharp wit and incisive commentary, it challenges the assumptions and practices that shape the performing arts landscape, offering a thought-provoking examination of identity and representation. The narrative invites readers to reflect on the implications of colonialism in contemporary culture, making it a compelling read for those interested in theatre and social critique.

      Claptrap
    • The Final Hour

      • 480pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      AUTHOR OF THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB HIT BETTER OFF DEAD 'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X From bestselling author Tom Wood comes a unique and gasp-inducing Victor thriller that turns all your expectations on their head . . . Former CIA agent Antonio Alvarez has been tracking a vicious murderer for years, a nameless hitman responsible for numerous homicides. Once, the Agency deflected him away from his search, but now promotion has given him a second chance to right the past. Only problem is, the killer has vanished. Thousands of miles away, the professional known as Victor has stopped working - recently he began to care; he made mistakes. But there's another assassin, Raven, who needs his help - and she is hard to refuse . . . Enter a world of betrayal, tension and twists perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X, The Nowhere Man), James Swallow (Nomad, Exile) and Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim, Day of the Locust). 'Great, page-turning stuff' James Swallow, author of Nomad and Exile 'Very Few British writers are as good at the action thriller' Sunday Express

      The Final Hour
    • AUTHOR OF THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER BETTER OFF DEAD From hot thriller author Tom Wood comes the latest breathtaking Victor novel, The Day of the Jackal meets Jason Bourne, with a thoroughly modern twist. 'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X Even a killer can be a hero If the assassin known only as Victor once had a moral compass, it is long since buried, along with his many victims. Yet some men are so evil even Victor accepts they must die for reasons other than just money. One such is Milan Rados, a former commander in the Serbian army who has escaped trial at The Hague to become a formidable criminal power. Tracking down and killing this brutal man will win Victor a reprieve for his own recent crimes on British soil. But Victor isn't the only one who wants Rados dead. A woman, whose family was butchered on the tyrant's orders, will do anything to see Rados' blood spilled on the snow of Eastern Europe. Now Victor has an unlikely ally - but an army stands between them and justice.

      Time to Die
    • A Quiet Man

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      The action-packed, gripping, twisty new Victor thriller from Tom Wood is his best yet, and sees the mysterious assassin search for a missing mother and her child in a town full of secrets.

      A Quiet Man
    • SOMEONE'S SET HIM UPSOMEONE'S GOING TO DIEWhen Victor is arrested for a murder that, for once, he didn't commit, escape must surely be inevitable for a hitman of his ferocity.Yet someone wants Victor put away, and he finds himself behind bars, incarcerated by police who have no idea of the monster they are dealing with and have, apparently, tamed.Quickly, however, his fellow the prisoners realise that he's not trapped in there with them: they are in a cage, with the most dangerous of enemies. And Victor has a traitor to find.

      Traitor
    • Lethal assassin Victor lands in the middle of a Guatemalan cartel war in the latest nonstop thriller from the international bestselling author of The Final Hour. KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE... Victor is the killer who always delivers...for the right price. And Heloise Salvatierra, patron of Guatemala's largest cartel, is ready and willing to pay him just that to eliminate the competition: her sister. Heloise has been battling Maria for control of the cartel in an endless and bloody war. Now Victor decides who survives. An easy job if it weren't for the sudden target on his back. ...AND THEIR ENEMIES CLOSER. Victor's not the only one on the hunt. Someone else has Maria in the crosshairs and will do anything to get the kill. In the middle of cartel territory with enemies closing in from all sides, Victor must decide where to put the bullet before one is placed in his head....

      Kill for Me