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Bavo Dhooge

    Bavo Dhooge è uno scrittore e sceneggiatore fiammingo. Il suo lavoro approfondisce le complessità della psicologia umana e delle dinamiche sociali, offrendo acute osservazioni sulla condizione umana.

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    Styx
    • Styx

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      From the #1, award-winning Flemish crime writer, an atmospheric, genre-busting crime novel about a cop who comes back from the dead to track down the same serial killer who shot him. A serial killer is on the loose in Ostend, Belgium. Nicknamed The Stuffer, the mysterious killer fills his victims full of sand and poses them as public art installations—and the once idyllic beach town is in a panic. The fact that Rafael Styx is on the case is no comfort. The corrupt, middle-aged cop has a bum hip, a bad marriage, and ties to the Belgian underworld, but no leads. And if he wants to catch the killer before he’s replaced by the young, ambitious, and flamboyant new cop, Detective Delacroix, he’ll have to take matters into his own hands. When a chance encounter puts him face to face with The Stuffer, Rafael’s life is cut short by a gun to the chest. But the afterlife has only just begun: Styx wakes up a zombie. Gradually he realizes his unique position. Not only is his body in decay, now that he exists between life and death, he can enter a “different” Ostend, of the Belle Époque in all its grandeur. There he meets the surrealist painter, Paul Delvaux, who gives Styx his first clue about the killer. With a fresh lead and a fresh start, the dirty cop decides to change his ways, catch The Stuffer, and restore his honor. But as his new hunger for human flesh impedes his progress, he’ll need his old rival, Detective Delacroix to help him out. Only one thing is for sure, even death can’t stop Styx from catching his own murderer. Complex and compelling, full of suspense, action, and black humor, <i>Styx</i> is an exciting thriller with an intriguing protagonist and evocative setting.

      Styx
    • Stampvol spannende verhalen

      • 220pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      In 2009 verscheen de bundel Stampvol verhalen voor het goede doel, met daarin korte verhalen van Kluun, Joost Zwagerman, Herman Brusselmans, Kristien Hemmerechts, Ronald Giphart, Herman Koch, Susan Smit en vele andere auteurs uit Nederland en België. De gehele opbrengst van de bundel was bestemd voor de non-profitorganisatie Room to Read, die boeken en scholing verzorgt voor kinderen in Azië en Afrika. Elk verkocht exemplaar van Stamvol verhalen leverde 5 schoolboeken op, mede omdat iedereen gratis meewerkte aan deze bundel: auteurs, ontwerper, zetter, papierleverancier, drukker en boekhandelaren. Tot nu toe zijn er meer dan 7.000 exemplaren verkocht en binnenkort zal dan ook een mooie cheque worden overhandigd aan Room to Read. Uiteraard willen wij hier in 2010 graag een vervolg aan geven! Stampvol spannende verhalen voor het goede doel bevat korte verhalen, vrijwel allemaal speciaal voor deze gelegenheid geschreven, van de succesvolste Nederlandse en Vlaamse thrillerschrijvers van dit moment. Met medewerking van onder anderen Willem Asman, Theo en Marianne Hoogstraaten, Suzanne Vermeer, Judith Visser, Tomas Ross en vele anderen.

      Stampvol spannende verhalen
      2,8
    • Stiletto libretto

      • 318pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Een kleine Amerikaanse crimineel besluit een hem toevallig in handen gevallen manuscript over het leven van een wapenhandelaar uit te geven.

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      3,2