Bestseller del New York Times e di USA Today Dall'autore del thriller La donna senza nome Nella remota cittadina di Canaan, nel Vermont, una contesa giudiziaria scuote i sentimenti di pace e amicizia all’interno della piccola comunità. Le tensioni crescono e si risvegliano paure e pregiudizi. Persino gli amici di una vita si ritrovano a scontrarsi l’uno contro l’altro ed è solo questione di tempo prima che la violenza esploda. Quando il corpo di una ragazza adolescente viene ritrovato brutalmente massacrato proprio nella casa di uno degli avvocati coinvolti nel processo, la detective Sonja Test si convince che i due casi siano collegati. Più la giovane e inesperta detective scava a fondo nell’indagine per l’omicidio e più emergono segreti inquietanti, rimasti nascosti per decenni. Da subito appare chiaro che, dietro la facciata idilliaca del paesino immacolato, si nasconde in verità una fitta rete di menzogne, intrighi e perversione. Se davvero vorrà salvare altre vite innocenti, Sonja Test dovrà mettere a repentaglio la sua stessa vita. In una tranquilla cittadina del Vermont indicibili orrori del passato possono arrivare a distruggere un’intera comunità
Eric Rickstad Libri
Eric Rickstad crea thriller psicologici profondamente atmosferici e inquietanti che esplorano gli aspetti più oscuri della natura umana. Le sue narrazioni sono lodate per le loro trame intricate e le profonde esplorazioni della famiglia e dell'amore, intrecciate in misteri ricchi di suspense. La scrittura di Rickstad è caratterizzata da una prosa ricca e ossessionante che crea un'esperienza di lettura gelida e avvincente. Bilancia magistralmente il brivido di una pagina che non si può smettere di girare con studi complessi sui personaggi, rendendo il suo lavoro sia profondamente inquietante che splendidamente raccontato.







La donna senza nome
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Gli Insuperabili - 273: Le ragazze silenziose
- 321pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
What Remains of Her
- 528pagine
- 19 ore di lettura
The narrative centers around a character who is deeply entwined in a web of secrets and unspoken truths. The promise of silence hints at a heavy burden and the potential consequences of revealing hidden information. Themes of trust, loyalty, and the struggle between honesty and protection emerge, suggesting a gripping tale that explores the emotional complexities of keeping one's word in the face of danger or betrayal. The atmosphere is charged with suspense, making readers question the cost of silence.
The Silent Girls
- 396pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller With the dead of a bitter Vermont winter closing in, evil is alive and well . . . Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective's badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. Then the police in his remote rural community of Canaan find an '89 Monte Carlo abandoned by the side of the road, and the beautiful teenage girl who owned the car seems to have disappeared without a trace. Soon Rath's investigation brings him face-to-face with the darkest abominations of the human soul. With the consequences of his violent and painful past plaguing him, and young women with secrets vanishing one by one, he discovers once again that even in the smallest towns on the map, evil lurks everywhere—and no one is safe. Morally complex, seething with wickedness and mystery, and rich in gritty atmosphere and electrifying plot turns, The Silent Girls marks the return of critically acclaimed author Eric Rickstad. Readers of Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbø, and Greg Iles will love this book and find themselves breathless at the incendiary, ambitious, and unforgettable story.
I Am Not Who You Think I Am
- 396pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
One secret.Eight cryptic words.Lifetimes of ruin. Wayland Maynard is just eight years old when he sees his father kill himself, finds a note that reads I am not who you think I am, and is left reeling with grief and shock. Who was his father if not the loving man Wayland knew? Terrified, Wayland keeps the note a secret, but his reasons for being afraid are just beginning. Eight years later, Wayland makes a shocking discovery and becomes certain the note is the key to unlocking a past his mother and others in his town want to keep buried. With the help of two friends, Wayland searches for the truth. Together they uncover strange messages scribbled in his father's old books, a sinister history behind the town's most powerful family, and a bizarre tragedy possibly linked to Wayland's birth. Each revelation raises more questions and deepens Wayland's suspicions of everyone around him. Soon, he'll regret he ever found the note, trusted his friends, or believed in such a thing as the truth. I Am Not Who You Think I Am is an ingenious, addictive, and shattering tale of grief, obsession, and fate as eight words lead to lifetimes of ruin.
Profesoru poezie na odlehlé Vermontské univerzitě Jonahu Baumovi se celý život převrátí vzhůru nohama, když jeho žena Rebecca a malá dcerka Sally zmizí z domova. Nic neukazuje na únos — žádné stopy vraždy, žádný důkaz, že Rebecca Jonaha opustila. Jen Sallyiny mrazivé kresby, Jonahovy malé lži a šerifovy obavy, že nic není takové, jak to vypadá. I Sallyina nejlepší kamarádka Lucinda ví, že Sally by jen tak nezmizela, když spolu sdílejí tolik tajemství — zvlášť to, co viděly v lese. A Lucinda přísahala, že tohle tajemství si nechá pro sebe. V den pětadvacátého výročí zmizení své ženy a dcery najde Jonah v lese malou dívenku. Nemohla by to být Sally? Je holčička vůbec skutečná, nebo je jen výplodem Jonahova zoufalství a smutku? Anebo se v temných lesích odehrává něco zlověstnějšího?
